Elvira Alethia: Facts About Marlon Wayans’ Mother

Elvira Alethia is the late mother of American actor, comedian, writer, and producer Marlon Wayans. Marlon is well-known in the entertainment industry and has been successful in his career. Elvira is the matriarch of The Wayans family, which consists of her children, who are one of the biggest and most successful families in show biz.

Elvira Alethia: Bio Summary

Elvira Alethia was born on July 23, 1938, in Manhattan, New York City, New York County, NY, United States. She is the daughter of Ivory Garrett Green and Elvira Green. She is also known as Elvira Alethia Wayans (Green). No in-depth information was found on her childhood life and education.

Elvira Alethia was a social worker and a homemaker. She met supermarket manager, Howell Stouten Wayans and fell in love with him. They got married after dating for a while. They were devout Jehovah’s Witnesses and resided in Chelsea, New York City when they had their first child.

Elvira Alethia and her husband Howell Stouten Wayans have 10 children. Their children are Dwayne Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Diedre Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Elvira Wayans, Nadia Wayans, Devonne Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans.

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Their children make up the American show-business family called The Wayans family. Their children are one way or the other associated with the entertainment industry. Some of the works created by Wayans family members are the Scary Movie film series, The Wayans Bros., In Living Color, White Chicks, My Wife and Kids, and Little Man.

Elvira Alethia’s Career

Elvira Alethia was a homemaker and social worker. Her achievements in her line of work have not been made public. She was the matriarch of The Wayans family. Her youngest son Marlon Lamont Wayans works as an actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

Marlon Wayans was given the role of a pedestrian in I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) before regularly collaborating with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999), and in the comedy films Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).

Marlon Wayans portrayed a dramatic role of Tyrone C. Love in the film Requiem for a Dream (2000), which was directed by Darren Aronofsky. He has appeared in Norbit (2007), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Heat (2013), A Haunted House (2013), and its sequel A Haunted House 2 (2014).

Marlon Wayans is known for the roles he played in Naked (2017), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Sextuplets (2019), and On the Rocks (2020). He collaborated with Randy Adams and they brought up an urban comedy digital media company called What the Funny.

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Marlon Wayans established the comedy competition television show Funniest Wins, which aired on TBS. He and his brothers have been traveling the U.S. with “The Wayans Brothers Tour”. He began starring in his own NBC sitcom Marlon, in 2017.

Elvira Alethia Died At Age 81

Elvira Alethia took her last breath when she was 81 years of age. She passed away on July 22, 2020, in New York, United States. Her son Marlon Wayans waited until her 82nd birthday before he announced the death of his mother. The day of the announcement was also his birthday (he and his mom share the same birthday).

He wrote: “Losing you shattered me into 1000 pieces. I’m putting my life back together piece by piece. You will always be my glue. Miss you. Today I celebrate for the both of. In the midst of this hurt… i just love you ma.”

He added: “i accomplished so much, made you so proud… but now i got angel to lift me. #loveofmylife #bdaygotl s*** ma, i gave you all my bdays… wth do i do now 😂 millions of weetahs sugtas and homies #myfirstmylastmyeverything rest well.”

Meanwhile, Marlon Wayans was previously in a relationship with Angela Zackery. They have two children: Amai Zackery Wayans (b. May 24, 2000), and Shawn Howell Wayans, (b. February 3, 2002).