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* [[You Can't Stop the Beat]] (with [[Tracy Turnblad|Tracy]], [[Link Larkin|Link]], [[Penny Pingleton|Penny]], [[Seaweed J. Stubbs|Seaweed]] and [[Edna Turnblad|Edna]])
 
* [[You Can't Stop the Beat]] (with [[Tracy Turnblad|Tracy]], [[Link Larkin|Link]], [[Penny Pingleton|Penny]], [[Seaweed J. Stubbs|Seaweed]] and [[Edna Turnblad|Edna]])
 
* [[Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)]] (with [[Tracy Turnblad|Tracy]], [[Link Larkin|Link]], and [[Seaweed J. Stubbs|Seaweed]])
 
* [[Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)]] (with [[Tracy Turnblad|Tracy]], [[Link Larkin|Link]], and [[Seaweed J. Stubbs|Seaweed]])
 
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[[Category:Hairspray (2007 film) Characters]]
 
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"Motormouth" Maybelle
Motormotor
The 1988 and the 2007 Maybelle

Name:

"Motormouth" Maybelle (Stubbs)

Gender:

Female

Family:

Seaweed J. Stubbs (son)
Little Inez Stubbs (daughter)

Friends:

Tracy Turnblad
Edna Turnblad
Penny Pingleton (probably)
The Dynamites

Enemies:

Amber Von Tussle (probably)
Velma Von Tussle
Franklin Von Tussle (1988 only)

Appearences:

Hairspray (1988 film)
Hairspray (2007 film)

Portrayed by:

Ruth Brown (1988)
Queen Latifah (2007)

Motormouth Maybelle is a negro character on Hairspray, both 1988 and 2007 films. She is an R&B record producer and 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.

Song list 1969-2012