Vicki Lawrence (born Victoria Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949 in Inglewood, California) [1] is an Emmy Award-winning actress, frequent game show panelist of the 1970s and 1980s, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her co-starring role on The Carol Burnett Show, alongside Carol Burnett, from 1967 to 1978, and as the sharp-tongued matriarch, Thelma Harper (the main character on Mama's Family, airing from 1983 to 1990, which was spun off from The Carol Burnett Show's The Family sketches).

She has also been credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz; Schultz being the surname of her second husband and Hollywood make-up artist, Al Schultz, to whom she has been married since November 16 1974, and with whom she has two children, Courtney (born May 3 1975) and Garrett (born July 3 1977).