Thanks to foxx’s support, page thrived in her role, and aunt esther became an iconic character. Redd foxx did a really risky, yet honorable thing for his friend, lawanda page, (aunt esther) back in the day To understand why he did it, you have to first understand their history together. She was the sister of fred sanford's late wife, elizabeth, who died years before Aunt esther (page) often visited the junkyard to stay in touch with lamont and to bicker with fred. Most people don't know that the actress, who played aunt esther in the 70s show sanford and son,
Fred and esther were born to duel each other, and you know what Their unique relationship was one of the things that made the show so much darn fun And because aunt esther was a fan favorite, actress lawanda page would not only play the character on sanford and son, but also on the spinoffs, the sanford arms and sanford. Eventually, both entered the field of comedy separately and performed their own stage acts
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