The Jeffersons
Created by Norman Lear, Michael Ross
On CBS
A warm, optimistic sitcom built on the central couple's affection and the comedy of social aspiration, designed to be rewatchable and reassuring across 248 episodes.
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
Essence
Ensemble
Isabel Sanford
Louise Jefferson
Sherman Hemsley
George Jefferson
Roxie Roker
Helen Woodroow Willis
Franklin Cover
Thomas "Tom" Willis
Zara Cully
Olivia "Mamma" Jefferson
Damon Evans
Lionel Jefferson
Jay Hammer
Allan Willis
Paul Benedict
Harry Bentley
Marla Gibbs
Florence Johnston
Mike Evans
Lionel Jefferson
Berlinda Tolbert
Jenny Willis Jefferson
Barrie Ingham
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