Marla Gibbs
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| Born | June 14, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Marla Gibbs (June 14, 1931) is a five-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee, and NAACP Image Award winning African-American television actress, mostly starring, in movies, and sitcoms.
She is best known for her role as Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley's sarcastic maid, Florence Johnston, on The Jeffersons (and its short-lived spinoff, Checking In), as well as the starring role of Mary Jenkins on the television series 227.
She has also appeared as guest star in several African American sitcoms, including, The Hughleys, Martin, Chappelle's Show, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Marla Gibbs also has done voice-over work for the animated TV series, 101 Dalmatians.
Marla has also appeared in a couple of NBC promos, and appeared with other famous celebrities on NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration, the three-hour event was broadcast on May 12, 1986.
Gibbs owned a jazz club in South Central L.A. called "Marla's Memory Lane Jazz and Supper Club" from 1981 to 1999. She released a music CD, “It's Never Too Late”, in May 2006. Marla Gibbs also co-wrote 227's theme song with television songwriter Ray Colcord.
In recent years, Gibbs had a recurring role on the NBC daytime drama, Passions, as “Aunt Irma.”
Her sister was the late actress Susie Garrett.
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Gibbs is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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