Mama

TV Series
1949–1957
30m

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Judson Laire and Peggy Wood in Mama (1949)

This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.

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8.2/10

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 2 nominations total

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Peggy Wood

Mama…

Judson Laire

Papa…

Dick Van Patten

Nels Hansen…

Rosemary Rice

Katrin…

Ruth Hammond

Miss Jessie

Marilyn Rogers

Edna

Gigi Gerow

Lucille

Robin Morgan

Dagmar…

John Seymour

Dr. Prager

Ruth Gates

Aunt Jenny

Kevin Coughlin

T.R. Ryan…

Alice Frost

Aunt Trina Gunnarson…

Carl Frank

Uncle Gunnar Gunnarson…

Patty McCormack

Ingeborg…

Toni Campbell

Dagmar…

Malcolm Keen

Uncle Chris

Janet Parker

Michael Mann

Mickey…

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This show was one of the best-loved early television comedies, but the kinescopes made of the live episodes were thrown out after broadcast. This was a huge financial mistake that would finally dawn on the bean counters at CBS after the success of I Love Lucy (1951). CBS (and sponsor Maxwell House Coffee) finally relented to the added cost, and the series was committed to film at the end of production (ironically, not enough episodes were filmed to enable profitable rerun syndication). Sadly, while older fans remember this series fondly, most of the heart-warming stories of the Hansens' white house on Steiner Street are lost to posterity.

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Katrin Hansen: This old album makes me remember so many things in the past. San Francisco and the house on Steiner Street where I was born. It brings back memories of my cousins, aunts, and uncles; all the boys and girls I grew up with. And I remember my family as we were then. My brother Nels, my little sister Dagmar, and of course, Papa. But most of all when I look back to those days so long ago, most of all, I remember Mama.

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Featured in Television Land (1971)

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Greatest family show ever made

They really don't make them like this anymore! The acting is of theater caliber, even small characters are played by superb actors. The writing as masterful, witty, charming, well-structured. There is no canned laughter or vulgarity of any sort. The great tenderness and wisdom of this show must be cherished and must never be forgotten.