Madea's granddaughter, Helen Simmons-McCarter, and daughter-in-law, Myrtle Simmons, both have significant roles in the film ...

One of Tyler Perry's Madea movies, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, ... Helen has known her value as a wife to Charles, but now everyone else sees it too, affirming that she was in the right.

Madea’s first big-screen outing centers predominantly on the character’s granddaughter, Helen (Kimberly Elise), who must rebuild her life after her husband of 18 years throws her out of their ...

But first, Madea takes Helen back to Charles mansion where they engage in a little therapy by tearing up the new wife-to-bes expensive wardrobe.

Helen MadeaHelen Madea, 93, formerly of Coplay, died on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Whitehall Manor, Whitehall. Born September 5, 1919 in Coplay, she was th ...

Tyler Perry is bringing his iconic matriarch back to the screen with Madea’s Destination Wedding, set to premiere this Summer on Netflix. The film, Perry’s 13th installment in the Madea franchise and ...

VEERING wildly from romance to melodrama to crude farce, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” plays like an unwieldy mishmash of “Big Momma’s House,” “An Unmarried Woman… ...

Madea: What kind of life is that, not eating bread? . . . ... In 2001, Perry was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for his role in "I Can Do Bad" during its stop here at the Warner Theatre.

When Madea learns about her granddaughter’s situation, she heads to the McCarter home and leads Helen in a cathartic, hilariously destructive rampage, tearing up the mistresses’ clothes ...

Above: Tyler Perry, left, and Kimberly Elise star in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Below: Kimberly Elise, as Helen, pushes Steve Harris, who plays her husband, Charles. (Photos courtesy of Lion's ...

In “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” it’s Madea’s bluster and iron backbone that help her granddaughter Helen Simmons-McCarter (Kimberly Elise) to rebuild herself and strike back at her ...

In “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” it’s Madea’s bluster and iron backbone that help her granddaughter Helen Simmons-McCarter (Kimberly Elise) to rebuild herself and strike back at her ...