Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyler Perry’s most famous character, the gun-toting grandma Madea, marks her 20th anniversary this year and, to celebrate, she’s ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

Hot off his latest ratings winner “Straw,” Tyler Perry is balancing the drama with a new comedy centering some of our favorite characters. Madea and company are back, this time they’re in the ...

Madea packed her wigs, her sass, and an entire carry-on full of chaos—and now she’s headed to the Bahamas. In Madea’s Destination Wedding, Tyler Perry’s iconic matriarch is back and messier than ever, ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

Tyler Perry's most famous character, the gun-toting grandma Madea, marks her 20th anniversary this year and, to celebrate, she's heading to the Bahamas in "Madea's Destination Wedding." The Netflix ...