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George Jefferson is a fictional character, played by actor Sherman Hemsley, who appeared on primetime American television from 1973 until 1985, in two CBS sitcoms: All in the Family (from 1973 until 1975) and its spinoff The Jeffersons (1975-1985). Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS situation comedy All in the Family. ... The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an Emmy, BAFTA, and RTS-award winning popular American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sherman Hemsley (born February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy Award nominated and Image Award winning African American character actor most famous for his roles as George Jefferson, on the television shows All in the Family and The Jeffersons and as Deacon Ernest Frye on Amen. ... For other uses, see All in the Family (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... E/R (referring to the Emergency Room of a hospital) was an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. ... The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an Emmy, BAFTA, and RTS-award winning popular American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actress Zara Cully as Olivia Jefferson Olivia Jefferson is a fictional television character on the show The Jeffersons played by Zara Cully. ... Henry Jefferson is a fictional character, the brother of George Jefferson from the TV series All in the Family. ... Julie Williams was a fictional character in the short-lived mid-1980s sitcom E/R. She was played by actress Lynne Moody. ... This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Louise Jefferson, played by actress Isabel Sanford, is a fictional television show character who appeared first on All in the Family and then became a main character on its spinoff, The Jeffersons. ... Lionel Jefferson was the son of the fictional couple George and Louise Jefferson and was portrayed by actor Mike Evans. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Sherman Hemsley (born February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy Award nominated and Image Award winning African American character actor most famous for his roles as George Jefferson, on the television shows All in the Family and The Jeffersons and as Deacon Ernest Frye on Amen. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... For other uses, see All in the Family (disambiguation). ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

George Jefferson was born in Harlem in 1929, an ambitious African American entrepreneur who started and managed a successful chain of seven dry cleaning stores in New York City called Jefferson Cleaners. George was orphaned by the loss of his father when he was very young and never completed High School; he was a cook in the US Navy during the Korean War and also worked as a janitor. On All in the Family, Jefferson lived in a working-class neighborhood in the borough of Queens, next door to the Bunker family, with his wife Louise (Isabel Sanford) and son Lionel (Mike Evans). Jefferson was referred to on All in the Family before he was first seen in 1973 (on the program, the reason given for his initial non-appearance was that he refused to set foot in his bigoted neighbor Archie Bunker's home; the actual reason was that Hemsley was appearing in the Broadway musical Purlie and would not commit to starring in All in the Family until his Broadway run ended). When the spin-off series The Jeffersons began in January 1975, George and his family had moved to a luxury apartment in a high-rise building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, or as the show's theme song famously puts it, "a deluxe apartment in the sky." For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of its own, see The Corporate Machine. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... Louise Jefferson, played by actress Isabel Sanford, is a fictional television show character who appeared first on All in the Family and then became a main character on its spinoff, The Jeffersons. ... Isabel Sanford (born as Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American actress most famous for her role as Louise Weezie Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1975) and The Jeffersons (1975-1985). ... Lionel Jefferson was the son of the fictional couple George and Louise Jefferson and was portrayed by actor Mike Evans. ... Michael Jonas Evans (November 3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) (usually credited as Mike Evans), was an American actor and co-creator of the show Good Times with Eric Monte (Ralph Carters character Michael Evans was named after him). ... Information Gender Male Age 50 (in 1974) Date of birth 1924 Date of death Unknown (still alive as of 1983) Occupation Blue Collar (19??-1978) Bar Owner (1979-????) Family Michael Stivic (son-in-law) Joey Stivic (grandson) Alfred Bunker (brother) Barbara Lee Billie Bunker (niece) Katherine Bunker (sister-in-law... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Purlie is a Broadway musical with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell and book by Ossie Davis, Peter Udell and Philip Rose. ... The Upper East Side at Sunset The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ...

Like his neighbor Archie Bunker, George Jefferson was very opinionated, prone to anger, and often misinformed. He was in fact a sort of "black Archie Bunker," and held negative stereotypes of white people. Unlike Archie Bunker, George was a bit smarter-in one episode he tells Archie about how his brother-in-law, like Archie, had fallen for a scam. On occasion in The Jeffersons, George tries to prove he's smarter than everyone else-in one farcical episode George attempts to impress new clients (a mixed-race couple) by claiming he's a great friend of the Willis family. At the end Florence and Ralph the doorman have to pretend to be the Willis family-while the Willis pretend to be Florence and Ralph. George gets the clients but also has to foot the bill to Florence/Ralph/ & Tom and Helen Willis! Also like the Bunker character, George Jefferson softened as the years went on: by the time The Jeffersons left the air in 1985, the show rarely addressed topical issues such as racism or interracial marriage and focused more on the Jeffersons' family life, and on interactions with their maid Florence (played by Marla Gibbs) and with their neighbors. Information Gender Male Age 50 (in 1974) Date of birth 1924 Date of death Unknown (still alive as of 1983) Occupation Blue Collar (19??-1978) Bar Owner (1979-????) Family Michael Stivic (son-in-law) Joey Stivic (grandson) Alfred Bunker (brother) Barbara Lee Billie Bunker (niece) Katherine Bunker (sister-in-law... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Racism is the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other races. ... Othello and Desdemona from William Shakespeares Othello, a play often depicted as concerning a biracial couple. ... Florence Johnston (played by Emmy winner nominee Marla Gibbs) is a fictional character on the television shows The Jeffersons and its shortlive spinoff Checking In. ... Marla Gibbs (June 14, 1931, Chicago, Illinois) is an Golden Globe winning and Emmy Award nominated African American actress, primarily in sitcoms, movies and television. ...

Jefferson Cleaners

The third episode of “All in the Family” explained how George Jefferson acquired his dry-cleaning business. In that episode, Lionel (the Jefferson’s son) explains that the family had been involved in a car accident, and used the insurance money, thirty-two hundred dollars ($3,200) to start up Jefferson’s Cleaners. A Christmas flashback episode, which featured Sherman Hemsley playing Georges father, explained how he got the idea to open a dry cleaning business as child after his father tells him that dry cleaning was expensive. It also showed how he'd been involved in money-making schemes since he was little, with him working as a shoe-shine boy and paying a schoolmate to push people into mud puddles, forcing them to get their shoes shined. For other uses, see All in the Family (disambiguation). ...

Before the Jefferson’s store opening, George had worked as a janitor and Louise as a housekeeper. The family lived in a derelict section of Harlem. After the store opening, they moved to Queens. However, their grand opening was over shadowed by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Georges former profession had the effect of him calling all men who did such work as janitors. When Louise says that the building's white janitor is properly referred to as a "cleaning technician", George says "Well, whenever a man of our race has that job he is a janitor!" A janitor is a person who takes care of a building, such as a school, office building, or apartment block. ... For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ...

George Jefferson’s chief rival was Gil Cunningham, with whom George had a considerable antagonistic relationship. Later in the series, after Gil Cunningham died, the Jefferson’s discovered that Gil never desired to be enemies with George. It was revealed that Mrs. Cunningham (Gil Cunningham’s wife) had been the puppet behind the competition all alone. Leaving George, in his will, the bowling trophy he had won against Jefferson Cleaners with a letter inside. The letter read, “she put the ‘cunning’ in Cunningham.” and Gil advised George to never trust Mrs. Cunningham.