16. Vicki Lawrence, ‘Mama’s Family’
A character first spun off of the Carol Burnett Show, Mama was basically just a raucous old woman who harassed her layabout kid. On paper, that shouldn’t have earned the lead actress $8 million, but as brought to life by Vicki Lawrence, Mama became so venomous and hilarious that you couldn’t look away (and you forgot how subpar the make-up was).
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