Gimme a Break! was set in the fictional California suburb of Glenlawn. The series follows Carter’s character, Nell Harper, as she agrees to care for the family of her dying friend, Margaret Kanisky.
Before she became the lovable Nell Harper, Nell Carter had already made a name for herself in the world of entertainment. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1948, Carter began her career in theater, ...
Nell Carter, best known as the saucy housekeeper on the 1980s sitcom, "Gimme a Break!" and a Tony Award-winning performer in the Fats Waller Broadway musical, "Ain't Misbehavin,' " died Thurs., Jan.
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