Little Richard (film) in London in 1962. The cast includes Leon as Little Richard Penniman, Jenifer Lewis as Richard's mother Leva Mae, or as she's listed in the movie credits, Muh Penniman, Carl Lumbly as Richard's stern father, Charles "Bud" Penniman, Tamala Jones as Richard's girlfriend Lucille (actually Audrey Robinson), Garrett Morris as Richard's preacher Carl Rainey and Mel Jackson as legendary producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. For his role as Penniman, Leon earned nominations for Best Actor in the Black Reel Awards and the NAACP Image Awards. Little Richard (film) Little Richard is a 2000 biographical NBC television film written by Bill Kerby
Ebenezer J. Penniman Ebenezer J. Penniman Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (January 11, 1804 – April 12, 1890) was an American politician and United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Born in Lansingburgh, New York, Penniman attended the common schools and was apprenticed as a printer at the age of thirteen in the office of the "New Hampshire Sentinel". When he was eighteen years of age, he bought his indenture and moved to New York City in 1822 to pursue a career in the mercantile business. Later, Penniman moved to Orwell, Vermont, where he engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant. In 1840,