- Lillian Randolph
Infobox actor
name = Lillian Randolph
birthdate = birthdate|1898|12|14|
birthplace =Louisville, Kentucky
deathdate = death date and age|1980|09|12|1898|12|14
deathplace =Los Angeles, California Lillian Randolph (
December 14 1898 -September 12 1980 ) was an Americanactress andsinger , a veteran of radio,film , andtelevision .A native of
Louisville, Kentucky , she was the younger sister of actressAmanda Randolph . AnAfrican American , she worked in entertainment from the 1930s well into the 1970s, appearing in hundreds of radio shows,motion pictures ,short subjects , andtelevision shows . Randolph is best known as the maid Birdie Lee Coggins from "The Great Gildersleeve "radio comedy and subsequent films and television series, and as Madame Queen on the "Amos 'n' Andy " television show from 1951 to 1953. Her best known film role was that of Annie in "It's a Wonderful Life ". She appeared in several featured roles onSanford and Son andThe Jeffersons in the 1970s.Her most prolific acting role, however, was her uncredited voiceover part as Mammy Two-Shoes in
William Hanna andJoseph Barbera 's "Tom and Jerry"cartoon short subjects forMetro Goldwyn Mayer during the 1940s and early 1950s. Randolph made a guest appearance on a 1972 episode of the sitcom "Sanford and Son " as Hazel, a distant relative of the Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx ) character who humorously gets a cake thrown in her face, after which Fred replies "Hazel, you never looked sweeter".Randolph died of
cancer inLos Angeles, California onSeptember 12 1980 at the age of 81.External links
*imdb name|id=0709917|name=Lillian Randolph
*findagrave|4188 (her gravestone says she was born in 1914, not 1898)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
