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Mablean Ephriam

Mablean Deloris Ephriam, Esq. (born April 23, 1949) is a former Los Angeles prosecuting attorney. She started her law career as a corrections officer in the Women's Division of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She attended night classes at Whittier Law School where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1978. In 1982, she opened her own law practice, dealing mainly with personal injury and family law cases. She soon became a Los Angeles Prosecuting Attorney. In 1999, the television courtroom series Divorce Court was revived a third time for a 17th season, and she was named the show's arbitrator. She was the first star of the reality-based version of Divorce Court. Previous to that, the show used dramatic reenactments of real-life divorce cases. She was also the first African American and female to preside over the series. She presided over Divorce Court for seven seasons from 1999–2006. She was replaced by Judge Lynn Toler. Ephriam made a short appearance in the film adaptation of the play Diary of a Mad Black Woman. She also portrayed the same judge character in both Madea's Family Reunion and Madea Goes to Jail. She portrays a strict and stern judge character in Madea films, who frequently presides over the many cases Madea lands herself into, always as result of violent and destructive conduct. Ephriam returned to television in fall 2014 with a new courtroom series titled after her, Justice with Judge Mablean. The series, produced by Entertainment Studios, is airing on the Justice Central cable channel and syndicated on various stations. It is the fifth courtroom series from Entertainment Studios.


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Born:
Apr 23, 1949 In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the series The Chris Rock Show 1997-02-07
Latest Project:
Series Justice with Judge Mablean 2014-09-15
Known For
Poster of Justice with Judge Mablean
Poster of Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Poster of Celebrity Fit Club
Poster of Divorce Court
Filmography
Series Justice with Judge Mablean Judge 2014-09-15
Movie Madea Goes to Jail Judge Mablean Ephriam 2009-02-16
Movie Madea's Family Reunion Judge Mablean Ephriam 2006-02-24
Series Celebrity Fit Club Contestant 2005-01-09
Movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman Judge Mablean Ephriam 2005-02-25
Series The Best Damn Sports Show Period Unknown 2001-07-23
Series One on One Unknown 2001-09-03
Series The Bernie Mac Show Judge Mablean Ephriam 2001-11-14
Series The Proud Family Self (voice) 2001-09-15
Series Divorce Court Judge 1999-07-08
Series The Chris Rock Show Unknown 1997-02-07