Amelia, as played by Rae Allen in "Edith Gets a Mink" in Season 2 of AITF.
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 Elizabeth Wilson appears as Amelia, Edit's cousin in Season 5 of AITF, in the episode "Amelia's Divorce". | ||||
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| Gender: | Femalale | |||
| Occupation/ Career: |
Housewife/Mother, wife of plumbing contracter | |||
| Spouse(s): | Russell DeKuyper (husband) | |||
| Related to: | Edith Bunker (cousin) Archie Bunker (cousin in-law) Gloria Bunker Stivic (2nd cousin) Michael Stivic (2nd cousin in-law) | |||
| Character information | ||||
| Appeared on: | All In The Family | |||
| Episodes appeared in: | "Edith Gets a Mink" (Season 2) "Amelia's Divorce" (Season 5) | |||
| Character played by: | Rae Allen (Season 2) Elizabeth Wilson (Season 5) | |||
Amelia DeKuyper was a recurring character who appeared in two episodes of All In The Family, first in the Season 2 episode "Edith Gets a Mink", then in the Season 5 episode "Amelia's Divorce". The part of Amelia was originated by Rae Allen in the character's first appearance in "Edith Gets a Mink",before being replaced in the role by Elizabeth Wilson.
The DeKuypers and the Bunkers
Amelia, Edith's well-to-do cousin, is married to Russell DeKuyper, Who works as a plumbing contractor and the couple lives in Westchester, PA. In Amelia's first appearance in the episode "Edith Gets a Mink", after Amelia sends Edith an old mink coat as a gift because she bought a new one; the Jeffersons, unable to clean a spaghetti sauce stain Edith accidenatlly put in it, also accidentally destroy it. She and hubby Russ then visit Archie and Edith, to Archie's demonstrative objections, as the Jeffersons wind up reimbursing Amelia and Russ with a $300 check for the ruined mink, after Archie, who tries to keep the check, finds out that the Jeffersons made the check to Amelia.
In the "Amelia's Divorce" episode, when Russ and Amelia visit Archie, Archie, tired of hearing Russ brag about his job and how much money he earns, tries to excuse himself by going down to Kelcy's only to find that Russell wants to go with him. Separately, both Archie find out how much trouble Russell and Amelia's marriage really is in, As Amelia, who has secretly been contemplating divorcing Russ, is at home with Edith and tries to get her "secret" on whatever she does to keep the magic in her marriage to Archie, as the magic has seemed to have gone out of her marriage to the always busy at work Russ.