Mabel Robinson

Mabel Robinson is an actress and dancer best known for her performance in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem.

The Wiz (1978)

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Michael Jackson  •  Nipsey Russell  •  Ted Ross

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Michael Jackson  •  Nipsey Russell  •  Ted Ross

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ossie Davis
CAST:  Calvin Lockhart  •  Redd Foxx  •  Godfrey Cambridge  •  Raymond St. Jacques

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ossie Davis
CAST:  Calvin Lockhart  •  Redd Foxx  •  Godfrey Cambridge  •  Raymond St. Jacques

Goodbye to All That (2014)

Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angus MacLachlan
CAST:  Paul Schneider  •  Anna Camp  •  Michael Chernus  •  Heather Graham

Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angus MacLachlan
CAST:  Paul Schneider  •  Anna Camp  •  Michael Chernus  •  Heather Graham

Mabel (2016)

Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business—a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa MacInnes
CAST:  Mabel Robinson  •  Lola Ewing  •  Ruby Johnstone  •  Nellie Westhaver

Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business—a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa MacInnes
CAST:  Mabel Robinson  •  Lola Ewing  •  Ruby Johnstone  •  Nellie Westhaver