Marla Gibbs

Actor Jun 14 (age 94) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1968–2025 (57 year career)

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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

Film

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Jean

Film

Please Stand By

Rose

Film

The Jeffersons

Florence Johnston

Film

Yours, Mine and Ours

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Film

Madea's Witness Protection

Hattie

Film

Love Jacked

Rose

Film

The Meteor Man

Mrs. Reed

Film

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

Grandma G

Filmography

Acting (108)

Movies (50)

Love the Skin You're In

2025

as Brookie

Mildred 4 a Million

2024

as Mildred

A Snowy Day in Oakland

2023

as Mrs. Keys

6.8

Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary

2023

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

as Grandma G

Bromates

as Grandma Gladys

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

as Self

A Christmas Prayer

as Mrs. Gladys

She Ball

as Mrs. Watts

Orpheus Star

as Ruth Carmichael

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Jean

One Fine Christmas

as Alice

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

as Florence Johnston

Love Jacked

as Rose

Please Stand By

as Rose

Jalen Vs. Everybody

as Grammie

Lemon

as Lily

Second Sight

as Nana

The Man in 3B

as Ms. Mamie

Grantham & Rose

as Rose Price

Madea's Witness Protection

as Hattie

C'mon Man

as Mrs. Crabtree

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

Afro Ninja

as Aunt Mary

The Heart Specialist

as Ms. Overwood

Love on Layaway

as Narrator

The Brothers

as Mary West

The Visit

as Lois Waters

Stanley's Gig

as Eleanor Whitney

Lost & Found

as Enid

Foolish

as Odetta

Border to Border

as Dela

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997

as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)

Lily in Winter

as Maize Covington

The Meteor Man

as Mrs. Reed

Up Against the Wall

as Louise Bradley

Menu for Murder

as Marty Hallard

Your Alcohol I.Q.

as Self

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

1988

as Self

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

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

The Young Landlords

1983

as Tina Robinson

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

as Self

6.0

You Can't Take it With You

1979

as Rheba

Passing Through

1977

as Secretary

5.0

The Missing Are Deadly

1975

5.0

Black Belt Jones

1974

as Betty (uncredited)

6.1

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

1973

as Beverly Solomon

6.0

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

6.9

The Last Revolutionary

as Millie

Television (58)

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

as Self

Will Trent

as Ms. Pearl

History of the World: Part II

as Ruby Seale

Not Dead Yet

as Nana Sugar

UnPrisoned

as Annie

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Generation Gap

as Self

Big Shot

as Destiny's Grandmother

7.9

The Upshaws

2021

as Mabel Anderson

7.6

A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Mary Jenkins

Bless This Mess

as Belle

Station 19

as Edith

The Neighborhood

as Miss Simpson

The Last O.G.

as Mama Jarvis

Young Sheldon

as Doris

Trial & Error

as Mrs. Kratt

One Day at a Time

as Mrs. Jones

This Is Us

as Woman At The Diner

Teachers

as Mrs. Potts

Chicago Med

as Ruth Williams

Harvey Beaks

as Fuzzy (voice)

The Carmichael Show

as Francis

black-ish

as Mabel

Charlie Murphy's Law

as Vera Jenkins

Scandal

as Rose

The First Family

as Grandma Eddy

Hot in Cleveland

as Marcia

Childrens Hospital

as Flossie

Back to the Grind

Grey's Anatomy

as Joyce Ward

Listen Up!

as Jackie Widmer

NCIS

as Rosie Brown

Cold Case

as Georgie (2005)

Chappelle's Show

The Surreal Life

Judging Amy

as Zella Van Exel

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Martial Law

as Delores Samuels

Dawson's Creek

as Mrs. Fran Boyd

The King of Queens

as Nana Louise

The Hughleys

as Hattie Mae Hughley

6.8

Arli$$

1996

as Mrs. Jones

6.7

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Old Mother Hubbard (voice)

as Cherise Barnes

Touched by an Angel

as Millie

Burke's Law

as Jessica Wallace

The Fire Next Time

Martin

as Miss Minnie

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Florence Johnston

Dream On

as Mrs. Perry

A Different World

as Principal Shaw

227

as Mary Jenkins

Checking In

The Love Boat

as Janet Dalton

Barney Miller

as Mrs. McBee

The Jeffersons

as Florence Johnston

The Jeffersons

as Florence Johnston