Marla Gibbs

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-06-14 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Marla Gibbs

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Marla Gibbs (born June 14, 1931) is an American television and film actress and singer. She is best remembered for playing Isabel Sanford's and Sherman Hemsley's sarcastic maid, Florence Johnston, on The Jeffersons and spinoff Checking In. She also starred as Mary Jenkins on the television series 227. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marla Gibbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1993

The Meteor Man

as Mrs. Reed

1999

Foolish

as Odetta

1999

2016

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1973

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

as Beverly Solomon

1983

The Young Landlords

as Tina Robinson

2006

The Heart Specialist

as Ms. Overwood

2012

C'mon Man

as Mrs. Crabtree

1994

Lily in Winter

as Maize Covington

2017

Lemon

as Lily

2014

Grantham & Rose

as Rose Price

2009

Afro Ninja

as Aunt Mary

1997

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)

1990

Menu for Murder

as Marty Hallard

2022

Bromates

as Grandma Gladys

2022

A Christmas Prayer

as Mrs. Gladys

2023

2000

Stanley's Gig

as Eleanor Whitney

2015

The Man in 3B

as Ms. Mamie

2018

1977

Passing Through

as Secretary

2018

2001

The Visit

as Lois Waters

2001

The Brothers

as Mary West

2020

She Ball

as Mrs. Watts

2019

2005

Love on Layaway

as Narrator

1991

Up Against the Wall

as Louise Bradley

2024

1998

2020

Orpheus Star

as Ruth Carmichael

2017

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