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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1931
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Maria Gibbs
Marla Gibbs
1.0 Popularity
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
2.5
Self
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
0.0
Mildred
Mildred 4 a Million
2024
6.6
Mrs. Keys
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
🎬
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary
2023
6.8
Annie
UnPrisoned
2023
5.6
Ruby Seale
History of the World: Part II
2023
7.0
Nana Sugar
Not Dead Yet
2023
7.4
Ms. Pearl
Will Trent
2023
5.5
Mrs. Gladys
A Christmas Prayer
2022
4.8
Grandma Gladys
Bromates
2022
Credits
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
2025
2.5
Mildred 4 a Million
as Mildred
2024
0.0
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Mrs. Keys
2023
6.6
🎬
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
2023
9.0
UnPrisoned
as Annie
2023
6.8
History of the World: Part II
as Ruby Seale
2023
5.6
Not Dead Yet
as Nana Sugar
2023
7.0
Will Trent
as Ms. Pearl
2023
7.4
A Christmas Prayer
as Mrs. Gladys
2022
5.5
Bromates
as Grandma Gladys
2022
4.8
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
as Grandma G
2022
5.7
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Generation Gap
as Self
2022
6.8
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
2022
6.0
Big Shot
as Destiny's Grandmother
2021
7.9
Orpheus Star
as Ruth Carmichael
2020
0.0
She Ball
as Mrs. Watts
2020
6.4
One Fine Christmas
as Alice
2019
5.2
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Jean
2019
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Mary Jenkins
2019
7.0
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Florence Johnston
2019
6.6
Bless This Mess
as Belle
2019
6.0
Love Jacked
as Rose
2018
6.1
The Neighborhood
as Miss Simpson
2018
7.6
The Last O.G.
as Mama Jarvis
2018
6.3
Station 19
as Edith
2018
8.2
Please Stand By
as Rose
2018
6.8
Young Sheldon
as Doris
2017
8.0
🎬
Jalen Vs. Everybody
as Grammie
2017
0.0
Trial & Error
as Mrs. Kratt
2017
7.1
Lemon
as Lily
2017
4.4
One Day at a Time
as Mrs. Jones
2017
7.8
This Is Us
as Woman At The Diner
2016
8.2
Second Sight
as Nana
2016
0.0
Teachers
as Mrs. Potts
2016
5.3
The Man in 3B
as Ms. Mamie
2015
6.1
The Carmichael Show
as Francis
2015
7.2
Harvey Beaks
as Fuzzy (voice)
2015
6.3
black-ish
as Mabel
2014
7.1
Grantham & Rose
as Rose Price
2014
6.6
Charlie Murphy's Law
as Vera Jenkins
2014
0.0
The First Family
as Grandma Eddy
2012
9.0
Madea's Witness Protection
as Hattie
2012
6.1
C'mon Man
as Mrs. Crabtree
2012
7.0
Scandal
as Rose
2012
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
as Marcia
2010
7.3
Afro Ninja
as Aunt Mary
2009
4.7
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
8.0
Childrens Hospital
as Flossie
2008
7.1
🎬
Back to the Grind
2007
0.0
The Heart Specialist
as Ms. Overwood
2006
4.6
Love on Layaway
as Narrator
2005
0.0
Grey's Anatomy
as Joyce Ward
2005
8.2
Listen Up!
as Jackie Widmer
2004
6.2
Cold Case
as Georgie (2005)
2003
7.8
NCIS
as Rosie Brown
2003
7.6
Chappelle's Show
2003
8.1
The Surreal Life
2003
7.0
🎬
The Visit
as Lois Waters
2001
7.6
The Brothers
as Mary West
2001
6.5
🎬
Stanley's Gig
as Eleanor Whitney
2000
5.8
Judging Amy
as Zella Van Exel
1999
7.5
Lost & Found
as Enid
1999
5.0
Foolish
as Odetta
1999
5.9
Martial Law
1998
7.1
The Hughleys
as Hattie Mae Hughley
1998
6.8
The King of Queens
as Nana Louise
1998
7.1
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
🎬
Border to Border
as Dela
1998
6.0
Dawson's Creek
as Mrs. Fran Boyd
1998
7.3
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)
1997
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)
1995
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Grandmother (voice)
1995
6.0
Lily in Winter
as Maize Covington
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Millie
1994
7.2
ER
as Cherise Barnes
1994
7.8
Burke's Law
as Jessica Wallace
1994
6.7
The Meteor Man
as Mrs. Reed
1993
5.8
The Fire Next Time
1993
5.9
Martin
as Miss Minnie
1992
7.7
Up Against the Wall
as Louise Bradley
1991
10.0
Menu for Murder
as Marty Hallard
1990
5.0
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Florence Johnston
1990
7.9
Dream On
as Mrs. Perry
1990
6.9
🎬
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
as Self
1988
0.0
Your Alcohol I.Q.
as Self
1988
0.0
A Different World
as Principal Shaw
1987
7.0
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
0.0
227
as Mary Jenkins
1985
6.7
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Young Landlords
as Tina Robinson
1983
0.0
🎬
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as Self
1983
6.0
Checking In
1981
5.0
You Can't Take it With You
as Rheba
1979
0.0
The Love Boat
as Janet Dalton
1977
6.3
Passing Through
as Secretary
1977
5.0
Barney Miller
as Mrs. McBee
1975
7.3
The Jeffersons
as Florence
1975
7.3
The Jeffersons
as Florence Johnston
1975
7.3
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
5.0
Black Belt Jones
as Betty (uncredited)
1974
6.0
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
as Beverly Solomon
1973
6.0
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1968
6.9
🎬
The Last Revolutionary
as Millie
N/A
0.0