Zara Cully

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Zara Cully

Zara Cully AKA Zara Frances Cully

Born: 26-Jan-1892
Birthplace: Worcester, MA
Died: 28-Feb-1978
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Cremated, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons

[1] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Brother: Wendell Cully
Husband: James M. Brown (d. 1968, two sons, two daughters)
Son: James M. Brown (b. 1915, d. 1972)
Daughter: Mary Gale Brown Buggs ("Polly", b. 1919, d. 2005)
Daughter: (b. 1919, d. immediately after childbirth)
Son: Emerson T. Brown (b. 1925, d. 1980)

Conservatory: Worcester School of Speech and Music

TELEVISION
The Jeffersons Mother Jefferson (1975-78)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Darktown Strutters (8-Oct-1975)
Sugar Hill (Feb-1974) · Mama Maitresse
Brother John (24-Mar-1971)
WUSA (19-Aug-1970)
The Liberation of L. B. Jones (18-Mar-1970)

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