George Jefferson

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George Jefferson is a fictional, outspoken, and ambitious African American dry-cleaning entrepreneur best known as the central character of the sitcom "The Jeffersons."

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Label Occurrences
George Jefferson canonical 28

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn All in the Family ⓘ
Checking In ⓘ
E/R ⓘ
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ⓘ
The Jeffersons ⓘ
business Jefferson Cleaners ⓘ
catchphrase Weezy, we movin’ on up! ⓘ
child Lionel Jefferson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Bernie West ⓘ
Don Nicholl ⓘ
Michael Ross ⓘ
Norman Lear ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
firstAppearance All in the Family ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1973 ⓘ
fullName George Jefferson ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
householdRole head of household ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastAppearance The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
neighbor Harry Bentley ⓘ
Helen Willis ⓘ
Tom Willis ⓘ
networkFranchise All in the Family franchise ⓘ
linked to: All in the Family
notableCharacteristic often clashes with neighbors and in-laws ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first successful African American entrepreneurs depicted on U.S. television ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
dry-cleaning entrepreneur ⓘ
personalityTrait ambitious ⓘ
outspoken ⓘ
portrayedBy Sherman Hemsley ⓘ
relative Mother Jefferson ⓘ
residence East Side of Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan, New York City ⓘ
seriesDebut The Jeffersons ⓘ
seriesDebutYear 1975 ⓘ
seriesEndYear 1985 ⓘ
socialClassDepiction upwardly mobile middle class ⓘ
spinOffFrom All in the Family ⓘ
spouse Louise Jefferson ⓘ
status fictional ⓘ
televisionNetwork CBS ⓘ
themeSongAssociated Movin’ On Up ⓘ
linked to: Movin' On Up

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jeffersons → mainCharacter → George Jefferson ⓘ
George Jefferson → fullName → George Jefferson ⓘ
Louise Jefferson → spouse → George Jefferson ⓘ
Movin' On Up → associatedWithCharacter → George Jefferson ⓘ
Lionel Jefferson → father → George Jefferson ⓘ
Lionel Jefferson → relative → George Jefferson ⓘ
Harry Bentley → neighborOf → George Jefferson ⓘ
Sherman Hemsley → characterPortrayed → George Jefferson ⓘ
Tom Willis → neighborOf → George Jefferson ⓘ
Helen Willis → neighborOf → George Jefferson ⓘ
Florence Johnston → employer → George Jefferson ⓘ
Jefferson → hasNotableBearer → George Jefferson ⓘ
Florence Johnston → employer → George Jefferson ⓘ
Joey Stivic → relative → George Jefferson ⓘ
Jefferson Cleaners → owner → George Jefferson ⓘ
Jefferson Cleaners → operatedBy → George Jefferson ⓘ
Jefferson Cleaners → hasEmployee → George Jefferson ⓘ
Louise Jefferson → spouse → George Jefferson ⓘ
subject linked to: Weezy
Weezy → usedBy → George Jefferson ⓘ
Mother Jefferson → child → George Jefferson ⓘ
Mother Jefferson → motherOf → George Jefferson ⓘ
Jenny Willis Jefferson → relative → George Jefferson ⓘ
Sherman Hemsley → portrayed → George Jefferson ⓘ
subject linked to: Sherman
Sherman Hemsley → notableCharacter → George Jefferson ⓘ
subject linked to: Sherman
Sherman Hemsley → characterPortrayed → George Jefferson ⓘ
subject linked to: Hemsley
Movin' On Up → associatedCharacterNames → George Jefferson ⓘ
subject linked to: The Jeffersons theme song
Jenny Willis → relative → George Jefferson ⓘ