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- Birth nameHelen Dorothy Martin
- Helen Martin was born on July 23, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), Death Wish (1974) and Bulworth (1998). She died on March 25, 2000 in Monterey, California, USA.
- One of the founders of the American Negro Theater.
- Became a TV personality late in her career as Marla Gibbs' nosy next-door-neighbor, "Pearl Shay", on the sitcom, 227 (1985).
- In theater from the 1930s, she debuted on Broadway in 1941 in Orson Welles's production of "Native Son."
- Friends with Redd Foxx.
- Longtime friend of Marla Gibbs.
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