Moms Mabley

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Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), also known as Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian.

She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, as a veteran of the Chitlin Circuit of African-American vaudeville.

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Early life and career

Loretta Mary Aiken was born in Brevard, North Carolina, United States, on March 19, 1894. She was one of 16 children born to James Aiken and Mary Smith, who had married in 1891. Her father owned and operated several successful businesses, while her mother kept house and took in boarders.

Her teenage years were tumultuous. At the age of 14, at the encouragement of her grandmother, Aiken ran away to Cleveland, Ohio, joining a traveling vaudeville-style minstrel show starring Butterbeans and Susie, where she sang and entertained. By that time, Aiken had given birth to two children that had resulted from her being raped at age 11, by an elderly black man, and at age 13, by a white sheriff. Both children were given up for adoption. In 1909, a year after Aiken left, her father was killed when a fire engine exploded while he was volunteering as a fire fighter. Her mother took over the family's primary business, a general store. She was killed a few years later, run over by a truck while returning home from church on Christmas Day.

Aiken adopted the stage name Jackie Mabley, borrowing the name of an early boyfriend, Jack Mabley, who was also a performer. She remarked in a 1970 Ebony interview that he had taken so much from her, the least she could do was take his name from him.

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