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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) Hairspray Live (2016 special)

Portrayed by:

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

Motormouth Maybelle is a major character in every version of Hairspray. She is an R&B record producer and is 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.

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