Tyler Perry's rise to Hollywood fame began in 2005 with the premiere of Diary of a Mad Black Woman. While Perry has since become a prolific actor, writer, director and producer with a net worth of ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry's Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Born in Louisiana in 1969, Tyler Perry is an actor, filmmaker, playwright and comedian. His career took off after he cowrote ...

This year marks 20 years of Madea movies, dating back to her screen debut in 2005's Diary of a Mad Black Woman Perry tells PEOPLE he is "filled with a tremendous amount of pride" that the character ...

First, the good news. Uncharacteristically for a February release targeting African-American viewers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman is not a yuppie romantic comedy featuring Gabrielle Union and Morris ...