| "Motormouth" Maybelle | |
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 The 1988 and the 2007 Maybelle | |
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Name: |
"Motormouth" Maybelle (Stubbs) |
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Gender: |
Female |
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Family: |
Seaweed J. Stubbs (son) |
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Friends: |
Tracy Turnblad |
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Enemies: |
Amber Von Tussle (probably) |
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Appearences: |
Hairspray (1988 film) |
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Portrayed by: |
Ruth Brown (1988) |
Motormouth Maybelle is a major character in every version of Hairspray. She is an R&B record producer and is the mother of Seaweed and Little Inez.
She also hosts "Negro Day ". In the 2007 film through her song Big, Blond and Beautiful she manages to convince Edna that being beautiful isn't necessarily about being thin.
- Big, Blond and Beautiful
- I Know Where I've Been (Solo song)
- You Can't Stop the Beat (with Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, and Edna)
- Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) (with Tracy and Seaweed)