PAGE, LAWANDA LP SIGNED AUTOGRAPH PREACH ON SISTER PREACH ON SANFORD AND SON

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Description: THIS IS AN AUTHENTICALLY AUTOGRAPHED LP BY LAWANDA PAGE.. LAWANDA PAGE-PREACH ON SISTER PREACH ON(LAFF A173)PHOTO COVER IS SIGNED BY LAWANDA PAGE. TRACKS:SISTER BESSIE, BRO HAROLD, MONEY, DOG FASHION, UP TEMPO, ALL THE WAY, RACHEL,DRAWERS, FREAKS, ADAM AND EVE, HONOR, SAMPSON AND DELILAH, MOSES, DAVID AND GOLIATH, JOHN THE BAPTIST, VIRGINS. CONDITION OF THE VINYL,COVER, AND AUTOGRAPH IS WEAK VG. LaWanda Page, born Alberta Peal (October 19, 1920 - September 14, 2002) was an American actress, perhaps best known for her portrayal of Aunt Esther in the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Page started her career in show business in small clubs, working as "The Bronze Goddess of Fire," an act which included her lighting cigarettes with her fingertips. She performed this routine on an episode of Sanford and Son, in which Fred held a circus in his side yard. Page was convinced by her friend Redd Foxx to become a stand-up comedienne. Page recorded several live comedy albums for the Laff Records label in the late 1960's and early 1970's; One release, a gold-selling album called Watch it, Sucka!, was titled after Aunt Esther's catchphrase to cash in on her newfound TV fame. On Sanford and Son, Page's "Aunt Esther" character was the sister of Elizabeth, Fred Sanford's (Foxx) late wife. Page was Foxx's only choice to play Aunt Esther. Esther would sometimes be accompanied by other stalwart ladies from her church, or by her henpecked, massively inebriated husband, Woodrow (played by Raymond Allen). Aunt Esther was a genuinely funny combination of a devout church-goer and a 'tough-as-nails' realist, often sparring with Fred over both the state of his soul and the lack of his success, and getting insulted by Fred in return over his opinion of her homely looks. On occasion she would call Fred an "old fish-eyed fool." She once referred to Fred, during a public prayer, as a "snaggle-toothed jackass;" Fred once told her that, if they pressed her face into some dough, they could make "gorilla cookies." In another 'tender moment,' when Aunt Esther reminded Fred that her name was in the Bible (i.e., the book of Esther), Fred was reminded that "Samson slew the Philistines with your jaw-bone (i.e., that of an Ass; Judges 15:15)." Her "church lady" image was in direct contrast with the sexual material of her stand-up act and record albums.

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