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
Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman Not far from her resting-place are the graves of Hon. Samuel Hitchcock and wife, Lucy Allen, Penniman's step-daughter. Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman (April 4, 1760 - 1834) was an American botanist, and a figure of the American Revolution. She was remembered for her gardening skills and knowledge of botany. It may be that the specimens in the herbaria of Penniman and her daughter were the oldest in the state of Vermont, for the oldest in the herbaria of the University of Vermont are dated 1819. Frances Montresor was born April 4, 1760, in New