Lillian Randolph (December 14, 1898 – September 12, 1980) was an American actress and singer, a veteran of radio, film, and television.

Randolph is most recognized for appearing in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Magic (1978), and her final onscreen project, The Onion Field (1979).

She prominently contributed her voice to the character Mammy Two Shoes in nineteen Tom and Jerry cartoons released between 1940 and 1952.

[4][8] At WXYZ in Detroit,[10] she was noticed by George W. Trendle, station owner and developer of The Lone Ranger.

Randolph was tutored by a white actor for three months on racial dialect prior to obtaining any radio roles.

The bulk of the residents who were earlier members of the entertainment community had already moved to places such as Beverly Hills and Hollywood.

In the 1940s, members of the African-American entertainment community discovered the charms of the district and began purchasing homes there, giving the area the nickname "Sugar Hill".

[32] In 1946, the couple purchased a home on West Adams Boulevard with a restrictive covenant that barred them from moving into it.

[30] After divorcing Chase, Randolph married railroad dining car server Edward Sanders, in August 1951.

Randolph assumed the role in 1952 when Hattie McDaniel became ill; that same year, she received an "Angel" award from the Caballeros, an African-American businessmen's association, for her work in radio and television for 1951.

Many of these had a white actress (June Foray) redubbing the character in American TV broadcasts and in the DVD collections.

In 1946, Ebony published a story critical of her role of Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve radio show.

[44] Randolph made a guest appearance on a 1972 episode of the sitcom Sanford and Son, entitled "Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride" as Aunt Hazel, an in-law of the Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) character who humorously gets a cake thrown in her face, after which Fred replies "Hazel, you never looked sweeter!".

[46][47] She played Mabel in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) and also appeared in the television miniseries, Roots (1977),[48] Magic (1978) and The Onion Field (1979).