Most Recent Role: Herself on The Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthday: 6-14-1931
Birth Name: Marla Gibbs
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthday: 6-14-1931
Birth Name: Marla Gibbs
Most Recent Appearance
The Jeffersons & One Day at a Time
Tuesday 25 March 2008 on BIO
First, cast members from One Day at a Time look back at their times on the show and reveal secrets and drug addictions. Then, we get a look at what lead to the success of the Emmy-Award winning series, The Jeffersons . Later, various cast members from Happy Days reveal the truths behind...
In May 2006, Marla released her music CD titled It's Never Too Late.
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One of Marla's high school classmates included actor Sam Cooke.
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Marla has appeared in a couple of NBC promos. She even appeared with other famous celebrities on NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration in 1986.
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Marla co-wrote 227's theme song with television songwriter Ray Colcord.
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Marla Gibbs and her co-star on The Jeffersons, Sherman Hemsley, reunited to host TV One's Amen/227 marathon. Hemsley starred in Amen while Gibbs starred in 227.
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Marla Gibbs: (About her co-star in 227, Jackee Harris) She is hysterically funny. As a matter of fact, she would say some things that were so outrageous or she'd do something and she'd have to stop and laugh herself and it would break me up, so we'd have to stop and go again.
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Marla Gibbs: (About her character on Passions) Irma is crazy; she is absolutely out of her tree, let me tell you. But she is a fun character.
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Marla Gibbs: (About her role on The Jeffersons) Florence was the person who was not going to take no bull from anybody, no matter how little money she made. Just because you don't have a lot of money does not mean you have to let people walk over you.
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Marla Gibbs: (About The Jeffersons) It had something for everybody. People are still watching it. They see themselves in it. It has good messages. And it is apropos to today. Everything that went on then is going on now.
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Marla Gibbs: I would play a role of a prostitute, if the character has some sort of message that would teach a good lesson. But I would not play a prostitute just for the sake of the prostitute being just a prostitute. That would be pointless to me.
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Other Appearances
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101 Dalmatians: The Series
Ducess (1996) |
227
Mary Louise Jenkins |
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Back to the Grind
Self |
Checking In
Florence Johnston |
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Old Mother Hubbard |
The Jeffersons
Florence Johnston (1977-1985) |
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Passions
Irma Johnson |
The Hughleys
Hattie Mae |
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The Jeffersons
Florence Johnston |
The New Hollywood Squares
Herself |
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$20,000 Pyramid
John Schuck & 5 Female Stars Herself |
A Different World
To Whit, With Love Principal Shaw |
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Arli$$
Profiles in Agenting Mrs. Jones |
Barney Miller
Vigilante Mrs. McBee |
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Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker? |
Chappelle's Show
Ep. #302 Herself |
| Other | |
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227
Mary's Brother Creative Consultant |
227
The Sidewalk Sale Creative Consultant |
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227
The Refrigerator Creative Consultant |
227
Family Hero Creative Consultant |
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227
Honesty Creative Consultant |
227
Rich Kid Story |
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101 Dalmatians: The Series
101 Dalmatians: The Series is based on Disney's famous animated movie 101 Dalmatians. There's always lots of fun with 101 Dalmatian puppies as they grow and play. This series focuses on the life... more
227
This popular sitcom that starred Marla Gibbs, who played Florence Johnston for many years on The Jeffersons , got her own show. She played Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lived with her contractor... more Back to the Grind
Television stars attempt to take on the jobs that their characters held on classic shows like Night Court , CHiPS and WKRP . Can they hack it like as well as the rest of the rat race? more Checking In
Checking In premiered in the spring of 1981 as a spin-off of The Jeffersons, the hit All in the Family spin-off. Florence, the Jeffersons' maid, usually known for her witty comments and arguments... more Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The worlds beloved fairly tales are retold with a cultural look. Featuring the voices of todays talented artists. Happily Ever After takes you back to a world innocence. more
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons first aired in January of 1975 on CBS as a mid-season replacement. The series was a spinoff of All in the Family in which the Jeffersons were Archie and Edith Bunker's next... more
101 Dalmatians: The Series is based on Disney's famous animated movie 101 Dalmatians. There's always lots of fun with 101 Dalmatian puppies as they grow and play. This series focuses on the life... more
227This popular sitcom that starred Marla Gibbs, who played Florence Johnston for many years on The Jeffersons , got her own show. She played Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lived with her contractor... more Back to the Grind
Television stars attempt to take on the jobs that their characters held on classic shows like Night Court , CHiPS and WKRP . Can they hack it like as well as the rest of the rat race? more Checking In
Checking In premiered in the spring of 1981 as a spin-off of The Jeffersons, the hit All in the Family spin-off. Florence, the Jeffersons' maid, usually known for her witty comments and arguments... more Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The worlds beloved fairly tales are retold with a cultural look. Featuring the voices of todays talented artists. Happily Ever After takes you back to a world innocence. more
The JeffersonsThe Jeffersons first aired in January of 1975 on CBS as a mid-season replacement. The series was a spinoff of All in the Family in which the Jeffersons were Archie and Edith Bunker's next... more
