As hard as it may be to believe, it’s been 20 years since “Madea’s Family Reunion” hit theaters and became a classic film in ...

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 ...

Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...

It is no surprise that Tyler Perry's Madeahas created such a complex and seemingly never-ending family tree for itself, but luckily, there is a method to the madness. In 2005, Tyler Perry wrote the ...

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 ...