Mabel "Madea" Earlene Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry.
22 Facts About Madea
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Madea is portrayed as a tough, street-smart elderly African-American woman.
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Madea is said to be born in Greensburg, Louisiana on June 26,1935, and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Madea was 68 in the first play, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, as well as Madea's Class Reunion.
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Madea is described as being brought up in poverty, growing up in a shotgun house with her parents and siblings.
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Madea has stated that although her family didn't have much, they had love.
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Madea attended Booker T Washington High School and was a cheerleader.
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Madea grew up with little knowledge of religion, explaining why she has a tendency to misquote the Bible.
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Madea makes frequent reference to herself once being a hooker and a stripper.
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When Madea was 18, she got pregnant with her other daughter, Cora, through a one-night stand.
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In Madea Goes to Jail we learn Madea's criminal record began at age nine with a charge of theft.
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Madea was charged with her first felony at this age, and her crimes began progressing to illegal gambling at age 18, which later evolved into check fraud, identity theft, insurance fraud, assault, attempted murder, road rage, and vehicle theft.
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Madea was sentenced to prison for 5 to 10 years by Judge Greg Mathis.
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Madea was released from the sentence when the truth about Betsy's secret illegal activities were exposed proving that Madea was right about her.
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Madea has appeared in several plays, fully produced films, a couple of television programs, one book and one animated film.
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Madea factored into the plot through a school altercation between her adopted daughter and Curtis Payne's great-nephew Malik.
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Curtis takes a particular disliking to Madea who is not in the least bit intimidated by Curtis at all.
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Rather conversely, Curtis became intimidated by Madea and had nightmares about her.
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Madea later fell asleep and dreamt that Madea was the Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.
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On January 21,2015, Madea made a special guest appearance in the Oprah Winfrey Network comedy series, Love Thy Neighbor.
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The episode titled "Madea's Pressure Is Up" aired as part of the 3rd season of Love Thy Neighbour.
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Madea talked about Whoopi, he talked about Oprah, he talked about me, he talked about Clint Eastwood.