Biography
Wayland Parrott Flowers Jr. (November 26, 1939 β October 11, 1988) was an American actor, comedian and puppeteer. Flowers was best known for the comedy act he created with his puppet Madame. His performances as "Wayland Flowers and Madame" were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s.
Flowers is frequently cited as a ventriloquist despite the fact that he made no effort to conceal that he was voicing his characters (Madame's infamous opening line was, "You may have noticed Wayland is no ventriloquist and I'm no fuckin' dummy"). He instead preferred to be called an "illusionist," because onlookers tended to focus their attention on his animated puppets, who seemed to do all the talking.
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Filmography
all 9
Movies 5
TV Shows 4
self 3
Self / Madame / Crazy Mary
Madame in Manhattan (1984)
Movie
Madame / Crazy Mary / Jiffy
Madame's Place (1982)
TV
Self
The Beatrice Arthur Special (1980)
Movie
Self / Madame / Jiffy
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979)
Movie
Additional Muppet Performer
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie
5.36
Madame / Self
People Are Talking (1978)
TV
Crazy Mary / Jiffy / Madame
Laugh-In (1977)
TV
Larry Davenport / Madame
Norman... Is That You? (1976)
Movie
Madame / Self
Comedy Break
TV
Ratings
Average 5.14
Based on 40.8 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1976
1978
1979
1984
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-11-26
Deathday1988-10-11 (48 years old)
Birth PlaceDawson, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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