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Zara Cully Biography

Birth Place:
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Drama coach, actor

Fast Facts

  • Taught acting classes for more than a decade on her own and at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL
  • Appeared on the CBS drama Playhouse 90
  • Movie debut was in the 1969 drama The Learning Tree
  • First regular TV series role was as Mother Jefferson on the CBS comedy show The Jeffersons; made first appearance in 1975
  • Used to take public transportation to auditions because she never learned how to drive

Relationships

  • Wendell Cully -- Brother
  • Polly Buggs -- Daughter
  • Ambrose Cully -- Father
  • James Brown Sr. -- Husband (deceased)
  • Nora Cully -- Mother
  • Agnes Brown Peters -- Sister
  • Hannah -- Sister
  • Emerson Brown -- Son
  • James Brown Jr. -- Son