Madea and Johnny had to raise two of their grandchildren, Maylee and Vianne, after their daughter's death due to her drug addiction. Then soon all her children ended up married and having kids. Then sometime later Madea and Johnny had a son, William.
Then when Madea was 18 she got pregnant again with her other daughter, Cora who is the result of a one night stand Madea had with an unknown man so this makes Johnny not the father of Cora. Madea and Johnny ended up having their first child, Michelle as young teens possibly 15 or 16. It is unknown where and when she met her first husband, Johnny. Washington High School where she served as a cheerleader.
When she was in her early teens her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia where they lived in the west side. As a result, Madea grew up with little knowledge of religion (as an elderly woman, Madea has a tendency to misquote the Bible). She even claimed that her daddy would go outside and hunt for dogs and cook them on the stove to eat for dinner.Īccording to A Madea's Christmas, Madea's mother, "Big Mabel" Murphy, was a hooker during Madea's childhood and was not at all religious. Madea has stated that although her family didn't have much, they had love. Madea was brought up in poverty and grew up living in a shotgun house with her parents and siblings. In "I Can Do Bad All by Myself," she reveals she once lived in Cleveland, Ohio, but later returned to Atlanta. In Madea Goes to Jail, Madea was around 75). Her ages in the other plays are unknown because they take place between these two plays, and there's no continuity offered. (Madea was 65 in the first play, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, as well as Madea's Class Reunion. Her maiden name is unknown, but it is presumably either Baker or Murphy as they were the last names of her father and mother, respectively. Madea was born in Greensburg, Louisiana, on June 26, 1935, and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.