Editing Nell Carter (section)

===''Gimme a Break!''===

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Carter became best known to audiences for her lead role in the NBC television series ''Gimme a Break!'', in which she played a housekeeper for a widowed police chief ([[Dolph Sweet]]) and his three daughters. The show earned Carter nominations for a [[Golden Globe]] and an [[Emmy Award]]. A total of 137 episodes of ''Gimme a Break!'' were produced over a run of six seasons, airing from 1981 to 1987.

In August 1987 after the cancellation of ''Gimme a Break!'', Carter returned to the nightclub circuit with a five-month national tour with comedian [[Joan Rivers]].<ref>{{cite journal| title=Nell Carter Returns To Nightclubs After TV Show| journal=Jet| date=August 17, 1987| volume=72| issue=21| page=29| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLEDAAAAMBAJ&q=Nell+Carter+gimme+a+break&pg=PA29| access-date=May 7, 2017| issn=0021-5996}}</ref>