Estella Payton sometimes Estelle Payton (August 17, 1904 – December 16, 1999) was a co-star on the ''Woman's World'' cooking show that aired on

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-TV in Mobile, Alabama for decades. Payton, an African American woman, appeared with

Connie Bea Hope ''Woman's World'' was a lifestyle program that ran for more than two decades on WKRG-TV channel 5 in Mobile, Alabama. It was hosted by Connie Bea Hope and Estella Payton. It aired at noontime and lasted for 30 minutes. The show included guest ...

, a white woman, on the show starting in 1956. In the early years, Payton did not appear on camera unless her hands slipped into the shot while setting up or removing utensils. Later, in the 1960s, Payton began to appear on air and she eventually received third billing on the program's opening titles, was given her own microphone, and offered comments on Hope's demonstrations. The two women were known in the station for their usually good-natured backstage squabbles. The

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Convention and Visitor's Bureau website describes the pair as being "the Mobile version of

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and Julia Child" and notes that when the long-running show appeared on Channel Five at a time when there were only two channels in the city. Payton lived to age 95. Mrs. Payton was the great aunt of baseball legend

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, Lanier, Kim. "Television cook Estella Payton dies at age 95." Mobile Press-Register obile, Alabama16 December 1999: B1. who is also from Mobile.

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