The Jeffersons,” which debuted a half-century ago this year, presented the image of an upwardly mobile Black businessman, ...

These include Helmsley, Sanford, Franklin Cover, Roxie Roker, Paul Benedict, Mike Evans, and Zara Cully. Cully died during the show’s original run, yet she made her presence felt as Mama Jefferson.

right), Paul Benedict (as Harry Bentley), Isabel Sanford (Louise Jefferson), Sherman Helmsley (George Jefferson), Zara Cully (Mother Jefferson); and (top) Franklin Cover (Tom Willis), Roxie Roker ...