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'''Motormouth Maybelle''' is a negro character on [[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hair]][[Hairspray (2007 film)|spray]], both [[Hairspray (1988 film)|1988]] and [[Hairspray (2007 film)|2007]] films. She is an R&B record producer and the mother of [[Seaweed]] and [[Little Inez]].
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'''Motormouth Maybelle''' is a character on the film/musical of [[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hair]][[Hairspray (2007 film)|spray]], in [[Hairspray (1988 film)|1988]] [[Hairspray (2007 film)|2007]] and 2016 films. She is an R&B record producer and is the mother of [[Seaweed]] and [[Little Inez]]. It is unknown who the father of Seaweed and Inez and husband of Maybelle.
   
She also hosts ""Negro Day". In the 2007 film through her song ''[[Big, Blond and Beautiful]]'' she manages to convince [[Edna Turnblad|Edna]] that being beautiful isn't necessarily about being thin.
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She also hosts "[[Negro Day]] ". In the 2007 film through her song ''[[Big, Blond and Beautiful]]'' she manages to convince [[Edna Turnblad|Edna]] that being beautiful isn't necessarily about being thin.
   
 
=== Song list 1969-2012 ===
 
=== Song list 1969-2012 ===
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* [[I Know Where I've Been]]
 
* [[I Know Where I've Been]]
 
* [[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]])
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* [[Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)]] (with [[Tracy Turnblad|Tracy]], , and [[Seaweed J. Stubbs|Seaweed]])
 
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[[Category:Hairspray (2007 film) Characters]]
 
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[[Category:Non Racist People]]
 
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[[Category:Negro Day Members]]
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[[Category:Hairspray (2007 film) Songs]]

Revision as of 00:21, 23 March 2020

"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) Hairspray Live (2016 special)

Portrayed by:

Ruth Brown (1988)
Queen Latifah (2007)
Jennifer Hudson (2016)

Motormouth Maybelle is a character on the film/musical of Hairspray, in 1988 2007 and 2016 films. She is an R&B record producer and is the mother of Seaweed and Little Inez. It is unknown who the father of Seaweed and Inez and husband of Maybelle.

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