Eunice Higgins is the main character in the comedy sketch The Family played by Carol Burnett. Eunice was also featured in a CBS made-for-TV movie titled after her, which aired in 1982. The film starred Carol Burnett as Eunice; Ken Berry as Eunice's well-to-do brother, Philip; Harvey Korman as Eunice's husband, Ed Higgins; Betty White as Eunice's sister, Ellen Harper-Jackson; Vicki Lawrence as Eunice's "Mama", Thelma Harper; and Dick Clair as the voice of Eunice's father, Carl Harper. The film takes the Harper family on a 23-year journey. Eunice appeared occasionally on The Family skit's spin-off sitcom Mama's Family. As portrayed by Carol Burnett, Eunice was in five episodes of Mama's Family, all of which were in the first life of Mama's Family on NBC. Four of Burnett's five appearances were in season 1. The fifth episode of season 2, which aired on November 3, 1983, was Burnett's final portrayal of Eunice. The character made two subsequent appearances in flashback episodes. Tanya Fenmore played Eunice as a child in the nineteenth episode of season 2. This marked the character's final appearance in the first life of the sitcom.