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Eunice Higgins (née Harper) is the main character in the comedy sketch ''The Family'' played by Carol Burnett (featured on ''The Carol Burnett Show''). Eunice was also featured in her eponymous CBS made-for-TV movie, which aired in 1982.〔McLean, Robert A. (March 14, 1982). "A New Special from Carol Burnett: Reprise of her popular 'Eunice' role strikes a universal chord", ''The Boston Globe''.〕〔Shales, Tom (March 15, 1982). "Too much 'Eunice'", ''The Washington Post'', p. C11.〕 The film starred Carol Burnett as Eunice; Ken Berry as Eunice's well-to-do brother, Philip (Berry played a different brother, Vinton, on the spin-off TV series); Harvey Korman as Eunice's husband, Ed Higgins; Betty White as Eunice's sister, Ellen Harper-Jackson; Vicki Lawrence as Eunice's "Mama", Thelma Harper; and Dick Clair as the voice of Eunice's father, Carl Harper. The film takes the Harper family on a 23-year journey. Eunice appeared occasionally on ''The Family'' skit's spin-off sitcom ''Mama's Family''. As portrayed by Carol Burnett, Eunice was in five episodes of ''Mama's Family'', all of which were in the first life of Mama's Family on NBC. Four of Burnett's five appearances were in season 1. The fifth episode of season 2 (ep. "Rashomama"), which aired on November 3, 1983, was Burnett's final portrayal of Eunice. The character made two subsequent appearances in flashback episodes. Tanya Fenmore played Eunice as a child in the nineteenth episode of season 2 (ep. "Mama's Birthday).〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0640588/〕 This marked the character's final appearance in the first life of the sitcom. Eunice appeared only once during the second life of ''Mama's Family'' (originally in first-run syndication). The character's final appearance was in the season 4 episode "Sins of the Mother," portrayed as a teenager by Heather Kerr.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0640615/〕 Eunice is presented once more in voice only in the final episode of season 4, "Pomp and Circumstance"; Eunice, voiced by Phyllis Franklin, spoke to Mama over the phone to inform her that she couldn't attend her son Bubba's high school graduation. She declined to explain her reasons to Bubba, hanging up when Mama threatened to put him on the phone. Always layered in tattered and raggedy green rags, Eunice is a working-class stay-at-home wife married to Ed Higgins. With a very stormy, irrepressible, and browbeating persona, Eunice was a character that was usually seen melodramatically out of control and ranting and raving. The character was portrayed as a jealous antagonist in her appearances on ''Mama's Family'', much more so than her appearances on ''The Family'' sketches. Carol Burnett has said that Eunice is her favorite character from her show.〔Findlay, Prentiss (February 8, 1998). "Live show keeps edge on comedy", ''The Post and Courier''.〕 Burnett did not appear at all in the first-run syndication version of the show due to her acrimonious 1984 divorce from ''Carol Burnett Show'' and ''Mama's Family'' producer, Joe Hamilton, who owned all the ''Mama's Family'' characters. Also, as revealed in Vicki Lawrence's autobiography, Burnett resented Lawrence for accepting the "Mama" role in first-run syndication as this was during her divorce from Hamilton. She held a grudge against Lawrence up until Hamilton's death in 1991. ==Creation and development== Writers Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon created the Eunice character as part of a sketch the two would perform on TV variety shows in the 1960s. McMahon played Eunice and Clair played her brother. They later adapted the sketch for ''The Carol Burnett Show'' in 1973, and added the mother character (initially thinking Burnett would play the mother). Burnett added the Texas accent, in contrast to the original Midwestern accents that Clair and McMahon had created. Burnett said Bob Mackie's costumes helped her with her feel for the character.〔Horowitz, Susan (1997). ''Queens of comedy: Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the new generation of funny women''. Routledge. pp. 77–78. ISBN 2-88449-243-7〕〔Burnett, Carol (2011). ''This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection''. Random House. p. 88. ISBN 0-307-46119-X〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eunice Harper Higgins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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