Melba


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Episodes: 6

Seasons: 1

Show dates: January 28 – September 13, 1986

Performers include: Melba Moore, Jamilla Perry

Description: The show was about the home and work life of Melba Patterson, a divorced mother who was the director of New York's Manhattan Visitors Center. Melba was raising her 9-year-old daughter Tracy with the help of her mother Rose and her white "sister", Susan Slater. Melba and Susan had been close since childhood, since Rose was Susan's family's housekeeper when they were growing up.
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