With his creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons, here starring in her seventh film, Tyler Perry has built a franchise around barking disciplinarian, commonsense solutions to societal ills—and being that Madea ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Madea has been through it all. She has gone to jail, caused chaos at a family reunion, had a homecoming, and she's even had to host a family that was in witness protection. There's so much more the ...

Tyler Perry has starred as Madea for over 20 years He first introduced the character in the play I Can Do Bad All By Myself in 1999 In addition to Madea, Perry has also played Joe Simmons, Brian ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

Madea, the street-smart and sometimes unhinged matriarch of the Simmons family, is back in action and fans are weighing in on the return of the beloved character. On July 11, Tyler Perry released his ...