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Luella (The Butler and the Maid)
Played by Carol Burnett
Luella is the maid played by Carol Burnett in The Carol Burnett Show's The Butler and the Maid (Season 9, 1976). She feeds her mistress at dinner, then becomes her stand-in when the couple quarrel, trading slaps with the butler and staging…
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Luella is the maid played by Carol Burnett in The Carol Burnett Show's The Butler and the Maid (Season 9, 1976). She feeds her mistress at dinner, then becomes her stand-in when the couple quarrel, trading slaps with the butler and staging a temper tantrum on command.
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