Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs

Known for
Acting
Born
June 14, 1931 (age 95)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Last Revolutionary

The Last Revolutionary

Movie · as Millie

2025
Love the Skin You're In poster

Love the Skin You're In

Movie · as Brookie

2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television poster

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Mildred 4 a Million poster

Mildred 4 a Million

Movie · as Mildred

2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland poster

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Movie · as Mrs. Keys

2023
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary

Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Not Dead Yet poster

Not Dead Yet

TV · as Nana Sugar · 1 ep

2023
History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II

TV · as Ruby Seale · 3 eps

2023
Will Trent poster

Will Trent

TV · as Ms. Pearl · 1 ep

2023
UnPrisoned poster

UnPrisoned

TV · as Annie · 1 ep

2022
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising poster

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Movie · as Self

2022
Spirit Halloween: The Movie poster

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

Movie · as Grandma G

2022
Bromates poster

Bromates

Movie · as Grandma Gladys

2022
A Christmas Prayer poster

A Christmas Prayer

Movie · as Mrs. Gladys

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Generation Gap poster

Generation Gap

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Big Shot poster

Big Shot

TV · as Destiny's Grandmother · 1 ep

2021
The Upshaws poster

The Upshaws

TV · as Mabel Anderson · 1 ep

2020
She Ball poster

She Ball

Movie · as Mrs. Watts

2020
Orpheus Star poster

Orpheus Star

Movie · as Ruth Carmichael

2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie poster

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Movie · as Jean

2019
One Fine Christmas poster

One Fine Christmas

Movie · as Alice

2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" poster

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Movie · as Florence Johnston

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Mary Jenkins · 1 ep

2019
Bless This Mess poster

Bless This Mess

TV · as Belle · 1 ep

2018
Please Stand By poster

Please Stand By

Movie · as Rose

2018
Love Jacked poster

Love Jacked

Movie · as Rose

2018
The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood

TV · as Miss Simpson · 1 ep

2018
Station 19 poster

Station 19

TV · as Edith · 3 eps

2018
The Last O.G. poster

The Last O.G.

TV · as Mama Jarvis · 1 ep

2017
Lemon poster

Lemon

Movie · as Lily

2017
Jalen Vs. Everybody

Jalen Vs. Everybody

Movie · as Grammie

2017
Young Sheldon poster

Young Sheldon

TV · as Doris · 1 ep

2017
Trial & Error poster

Trial & Error

TV · as Mrs. Kratt · 2 eps

2017
One Day at a Time poster

One Day at a Time

TV · as Mrs. Jones · 1 ep

2016
Second Sight poster

Second Sight

Movie · as Nana

2016
This Is Us poster

This Is Us

TV · as Woman At The Diner · 1 ep

2016
Teachers poster

Teachers

TV · as Mrs. Potts · 1 ep

2015
The Man in 3B poster

The Man in 3B

Movie · as Ms. Mamie

2015
Harvey Beaks poster

Harvey Beaks

TV · as Fuzzy (voice) · 1 ep

2015
The Carmichael Show poster

The Carmichael Show

TV · as Francis · 2 eps

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Ruth Williams · 1 ep

2014
Grantham & Rose poster

Grantham & Rose

Movie · as Rose Price

2014
Charlie Murphy's Law poster

Charlie Murphy's Law

TV · as Vera Jenkins · 1 ep

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Mabel · 2 eps

2012
Madea's Witness Protection poster

Madea's Witness Protection

Movie · as Hattie

2012
C'mon Man poster

C'mon Man

Movie · as Mrs. Crabtree

2012
Scandal poster

Scandal

TV · as Rose · 2 eps

2012
The First Family poster

The First Family

TV · as Grandma Eddy · 11 eps

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Marcia · 1 ep

2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy poster

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Movie · as Self

2009
Afro Ninja poster

Afro Ninja

Movie · as Aunt Mary

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Flossie · 1 ep

2007
Back to the Grind

Back to the Grind

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Heart Specialist poster

The Heart Specialist

Movie · as Ms. Overwood

2005
Love on Layaway poster

Love on Layaway

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Joyce Ward · 4 eps

2004
Listen Up! poster

Listen Up!

TV · as Jackie Widmer · 1 ep

2003
The Surreal Life poster

The Surreal Life

TV · 1 ep

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Georgie (2005) · 1 ep

2003
Chappelle's Show poster

Chappelle's Show

TV · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Rosie Brown · 1 ep

2001
The Visit poster

The Visit

Movie · as Lois Waters

2001
The Brothers poster

The Brothers

Movie · as Mary West

2000
Stanley's Gig poster

Stanley's Gig

Movie · as Eleanor Whitney

1999
Foolish poster

Foolish

Movie · as Odetta

1999
Lost & Found poster

Lost & Found

Movie · as Enid

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Zella Van Exel · 1 ep

1998
Border to Border

Border to Border

Movie · as Dela

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Delores Samuels · 2 eps

1998
Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek

TV · as Mrs. Fran Boyd · 1 ep

1998
The King of Queens poster

The King of Queens

TV · as Nana Louise · 1 ep

1998
The Hughleys poster

The Hughleys

TV · as Hattie Mae Hughley · 16 eps

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

1997
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special poster

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Movie · as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Mrs. Jones · 1 ep

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Old Mother Hubbard (voice), Grandmother (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Lily in Winter poster

Lily in Winter

Movie · as Maize Covington

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Millie · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Cherise Barnes · 1 ep

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Jessica Wallace · 1 ep

1993
The Meteor Man poster

The Meteor Man

Movie · as Mrs. Reed

1993
The Fire Next Time poster

The Fire Next Time

TV · 2 eps

1992
Martin poster

Martin

TV · as Miss Minnie · 1 ep

1991
Up Against the Wall poster

Up Against the Wall

Movie · as Louise Bradley

1990
Menu for Murder poster

Menu for Murder

Movie · as Marty Hallard

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Florence Johnston · 1 ep

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Mrs. Perry · 1 ep

1988
Your Alcohol I.Q. poster

Your Alcohol I.Q.

Movie · as Self

1988
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Movie · as Self

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Principal Shaw · 1 ep

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There poster

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

Movie

1985
227 poster

227

TV · as Mary Jenkins · 116 eps

1983
The Young Landlords poster

The Young Landlords

Movie · as Tina Robinson

1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy poster

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Movie · as Self

1981
Checking In poster

Checking In

TV · 4 eps

1979
You Can't Take it With You poster

You Can't Take it With You

Movie · as Rheba

1977
Passing Through poster

Passing Through

Movie · as Secretary

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Janet Dalton · 2 eps

1975
The Missing Are Deadly poster

The Missing Are Deadly

Movie

1975
The Jeffersons poster

The Jeffersons

TV · as Florence, Florence Johnston · 24 eps

1975
Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller

TV · as Mrs. McBee · 1 ep

1974
Black Belt Jones poster

Black Belt Jones

Movie · as Betty (uncredited)

1973
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman poster

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Movie · as Beverly Solomon

1968
Yours, Mine and Ours poster

Yours, Mine and Ours

Movie · as Movie Patron (uncredited)