Table of Biography
Elvira Wayans is a screenwriter and also a part of the famous family business show, “The Wayans“. Wayans is also known for being the proud mother of the famous personalities, Damien Wayans and Chaunté Wayans.
Early Life
Elvira Wayans’s birthday is July 7, 1972, and her birthplace is New York City, the United States of America. She is also known as Elvira Wins or Elvira Vynz and her zodiac sign is Cancer. Likewise, her ethnicity is African whereas his nationality is American. The names of her proud parents are her father, Howell Stouten Wayans, and her mother, Elvora Alethia (Green) Wayans.
Her dad was a supermarket manager and her mom was a social worker and singer. She also has nine siblings whose names are Damon, Diedre, Dwayne, Keenen Ivory, Kim, Marlon, Nadia, Shawn, and Vonnie. All of them grew up in middle-class families in Manhattan’s Fulton housing schemes. Both of their parents were very supportive of all of their ambitions which made them part of the entertainment industry.
Dwayne is a writer and movie score composer. Keenen Ivory is an actor, comedian, and moviemaker. Damon is a stand-up comedian and actor. Kim is an actress and movie maker. Shawn and Marlon are actors and writers. Nadia is an actress and Diedre and Vonnie are screenwriters. All of them have been interested in show business since their childhood.
Caption: The Wayans’s family members (Source: Gazette Review)
Death
Unfortunately, Elvira Wayans lost her life in mid-2020 in Chelsea, New York. She was eighty-one years old at the time of her death. However, there is no information on how Mrs. Wayans died all of a sudden. Before this, the screenwriter was diagnosed with type II diabetes in the year 2017. However, she declined to take conventional medicines. As an alternative, she researched and consequently altered her intake entirely. Moreover, she also began taking some herbal supplements. Within a short time, she was seeing positive outcomes.
Career and Professional Life
Between the years 2004 and 2005, Elvira Wayans was serving in the position of a screenwriter. It was for Damon’s sitcom ‘My Wife and Kids’ whose actors were Tisha Campbell-Martin, George O. Gore II, Jennifer Freeman, and Parker McKenna Posey. The ABC show was out and running from 28th March 2001 to 17th May 2005. Its creators are Damon and Don Reo. It circled the patriarch of the Kyle family, Michael Kyle (Damon), and his bond with his spouse, son, and 2 daughters. She started working for the show in its 4th season.
In the position of a writer, she worked on the seventeenth episode, ‘The Anniversary Present’. Likewise, she went on to work in the twenty-eighth episode, ‘What Do You Know?’ The writer worked in the twenty-first episode, ‘Celibacy’ in the following season. She was serving as an assistant to writers all over the 5th season. Moreover, she even has a YouTube channel with the name ‘ElveesKitchen’. There Wayans was sharing her cooking ideas and also news on her ongoing match contrary to type II diabetes.
However, it did not go very well as her videos got fewer views. Additionally, her channel is linked to her Facebook page too where she posts intermittently. Her siblings have also helped her to gain some media attention. Even though her siblings have garnered fame over the years, Elvira has always preferred to keep a private lifestyle. The American screenwriter also rose to fame due to her celebrity kids, Damien Wayans and Chaunté Wayans. Her kids have made her a very proud mother.
Caption: Elvira Wayans with her daughter at an event (Source: Getty Images)
Elvira Wayans – Net Worth 2024
Elvira Wayans has been making a good amount of money in her professional career. The estimated net worth of Elvira Wayan at the time of her demise was about $1 million. She was from a popular and wealthy family background and the Wayansweres made $183 million. Being a writer, she was making USD 100,000D per season while working for “My Wife and Kids”. Her primary source of income is her profession as a screenwriter in the entertainment industry. Furthermore, the American screenwriter was living a wealthy and healthy life while she was alive.
Relationship Status
Talking about her relationship status, there is no information about any of her lovers and marriages. But it is well-known that she has a son and a daughter who is also involved in the entertainment industry. On 15th April 1980, her son, Damien Dante Wayans was born in New York. He began his career in the year 1987 after starring in the movie, ‘Eddie Murphy Raw’. His following credits were 1996’s ‘Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood’, 2000’s ‘NYPD Blue’, and 2005’s ‘Edison’.
Then, he was present in the 1995s comedy movie, ‘Major Payne’. In 2006, he worked in two movies, ‘Man About Town’ and ‘Little Man’, and then in ‘Internet Icon in 2012. His TV credits are 1997’s ‘413 Hope St.’, 1999’s ‘The Norm Show’, 2006’s ‘House M.D.’, and 2013’s ‘Second Generation Wayans’. Damien has served on his uncle’s show, ‘My Wife and Kids’ in multiple positions like director, producer, and writer. In 2006, he worked in the production of the comedy show, ‘The Underground’ and the musical movie, ‘Dance Flick’ in 2009.
On 24th May 1982, her daughter, Chaunté Wayans came into this world. As a production assistant, she has worked on several episodes of ‘My Wife and Kids’. Her acting works are ‘Dance Flick’, 2013’s ‘Hollywood Misconceptions’, 2016’s ‘Fifty Shades of Black’, and 2017’s ‘Add-TV’. From 2015 to 2017, she presented ‘Laugh Factory’ thrice. The Screenwriter herself and her kids have never revealed any information about their father. In the end, both of her children stand by her family name.
Caption: Elvira Wayans with her kids (Source: Familytron)
Body Measurements
Regarding her physical statistics, the celebrity mother had a good body structure. She had a slim body type with a good height of 5 feet 8 inches. However, there is no further information about Elvira’s body weight, body measurements, and many more. She also has a fair complexion with long black curly hair and a pair of brown eyes. While she was alive, she was healthy and physically fit. It seems like she had taken care of herself and her kids very well.
Elvira Wayans – Social Media
Coming to the social media part, the celebrity mother was quite active on online platforms. Elvira Wayans had a Facebook account, a Twitter account, and even an Instagram account. On Instagram, she had over a thousand followers with few numbers of posts. Also, she joined Twitter in January 2013 and has fewer followers there. Elvira was more focused on her work and responsibilities as a mother. So, she did not spend most of her time working on her social media accounts. Moreover, she kind of prefers to keep a low profile.