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For your consideration:
Jesse Sallander, AKA Mama (Luis Guzmán) in Code Black (2015)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4452630/mediaviewer/rm1851649024
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4452630/trivia
The reason why Jesse is called Mama is revealed in Season 2 Episode 5.
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Mother (Bill Cosby) in Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074923/mediaviewer/rm2272012800?ft0=name&fv0=nm0001070&ft1=ima...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074923/mediaviewer/rm2322344448?ft0=name&fv0=nm0001070&ft1=ima...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074923/mediaviewer/rm2853262080
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Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper (Vicki Lawrence) in Mama's Family (1983)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085050/mediaviewer/rm326879232?ft0=name&fv0=nm0493069&ft1=imag...
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When I first reviewed your list, I thought that it wasn't clear why certain characters are called Mother or Mama, especially the male characters. It probably would be a good idea to add a sentence describing the character and why they are called Mother or Mama.
I also miss the old version of IMDb's character feature.
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Thanks for adding the descriptions. They help a lot. They also make if more difficult for me to choose.
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For your consideration:
Reverend Mother Superior Placido (Madeleine Sherwood) in The Flying Nun (1967)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061252/mediaviewer/rm1409925888
Mother Superior for the convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico.
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They may not actually be parents, but they are named after them
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My Mother the Car (1965-1966)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058830/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058830/reference
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058830/mediaviewer/rm968472576
Jerry Van Dyke ... Dave Crabtree (30 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ann Sothern ... Gladys Crabtree (30 episodes, 1965-1966)
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother,
the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile
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bkoganbing21 July 2016
You have to wonder at times why people would sign on
to appear in a show like My Mother The Car.
What could possibly have attracted someone like Ann Sothern
to have in her resume the role of the voice of an antique car?
This TV show which actually ran for a full season
has Sothern recently dying and coming back to earth
as the voice of a 1928 Porter which her Jerry Van Dyke owns.
In fact the show was 10 years ahead of its time.
When Knight Rider premiered we had a talking car with William Daniels's voice.
But it was a state of the art futuristic new car
which housed a computer which could do all
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They may not actually be parents, but they are named after them
by Jen, Champion
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Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051301/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051301/reference
The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.
He got his tips and cautions from Lieutenant Jacoby,
a coffee drinking pal from the police.
Also providing tips was "Mother" of her self-titled nightclub.
Craig Stevens ... Peter Gunn (114 episodes, 1958-1961)
Hope Emerson ... Mother (27 episodes, 1958-1959)
Hope Emerson (1897–1960)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256216/
Peter Gunn 745 photos
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051301/mediaviewer/rm171526144
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051301/mediaviewer/rm674842624
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051301/mediaviewer/rm4207757312
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Fictional Characters Named Mother or Mama
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Guess who this is in here. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092382/... And here (And begins the classic operetta “Banes In Toyland” by singing “Toyland”) http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/11...
And (I only wanted the beginning but that is hard to find and it is surprising that the IMDB doesn’t have a picture of her from ether film.) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PwiGqvn...
And there a ton of references to her if you do a title match on her name, “Mother Goose”
Also, Walter Exkland’s codename was “Mother Goose” in Father Goose
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058092/...
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Fictional Characters Named Mother or Mama
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Jen, Champion
Will add the others. And upload a decent photo of Mother.
I thought sure there would be more people named Mama - like someone who owns a diner - Mama's Kitchen, something like that.
It's times like these I especially miss the character feature. :(