Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs

Nacimiento : 1931-06-14, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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​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.

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Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs

Películas

A Snowy Day in Oakland
Mrs. Keys
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves on with her life by opening her own private practice in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland, turning the predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood on its emotional ear.
A Christmas Prayer
Mrs. Gladys
When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles with the possibility of not only doing hard time but keeping his own "faith" while trying to prove his innocence.
Viviendo juntos
Grandma Gladys
Sid y Jonesie, mejores amigos desde hace mucho tiempo, son abandonados por sus respectivas novias. Ambos sin una situación de vivienda, deciden convertirse en "bromates", hermanos que son compañeros de cuarto, lo que pone su relación a prueba.
Noche de sustos
Grandma G
Un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria descubre que una tienda de Spirit Halloween está embrujada y debe sobrevivir a la noche.
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Self
Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood, have in recent years begun to ascend to the top echelons of entertainment and American culture. The special examines how Black actresses of Hollywood have become power brokers and the iconic moments and roles have paved the way for them today.
She Ball
On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.
One Fine Christmas
Alice
The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday season.
El camino: una película de Breaking Bad
Jean
Tiempo después de los eventos sucedidos tras el último episodio de la serie Breaking Bad, el fugitivo Jesse Pinkman huye de sus perseguidores, de la ley y de su pasado.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's
Florence Johnston
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
Un amor muy conveniente
Rose
Para reivindicar su independencia de las expectativas de su padre, una mujer decidida contrata a un hombre desesperado para que finja ser su prometido en África.
Larga vida y prosperidad
Rose
El mundo es un lugar confuso para Wendy (Dakota Fanning), una joven con autismo, brillante e independiente. Wendy desea dejar su hogar de acogida, donde es supervisada por su cuidadora principal, Scottie (Toni Collette), y vivir su hermana Audrey (Alice Eve) y su nuevo bebé.
Lemon
Lily
Isaac Lachmann es un perdedor. Isaac Lachmann tiene 40 años. Isaac Lachmann es un hombre en caída libre inmovilizado por la mediocridad. Su carrera no va a ninguna parte. Su novia con quien lleva 10 años de relación lo está abandonando. Y su déspota familia no ayuda para nada. ¿Qué hizo para merecer esto? Se suponía que las cosas le iban a salir bien. Isaac Lachmann tenía grandes sueños. Ahora sólo es el testigo de su propia vida mientras esta se cae a pedazos.
Second Sight
Nana
Cursed with horrifying visions of the future, Tatyana Ali stars as a woman looking to save a kidnapped girl in this TV One original movie.
The Man in 3B
Ms. Mamie
Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can't stop talking about him. From his extreme attractiveness to his undeniable swag, Daryl is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. Connie (Brely Evans), an unhappy wife, turns to Daryl for help losing weight, hoping to fix her marriage. But when Daryl starts making Connie feel beautiful again, she questions whether her marriage is worth saving. Benny (Robert Ri'chard), a spoiled teenager raised by a single father, looks up to Daryl. When an unexpected event occurs, Benny is left questioning everything he's ever known to be true. Krystal (Nafessa Williams), Daryl's first love, wants to make things work with her current boyfriend. Yet having Daryl back in her life sends her happy home spiraling out of control.
Grantham & Rose
Rose Price
When a petty crime thrusts him into the company of a feisty eighty-one-year-old African-American woman named Rose Price, Grantham and Rose push the boundaries of their relationship, their lives, and what it means to love, as they take a road trip back to their roots.
Madea's Witness Protection
Hattie
Nueva entrega de las aventuras de la loca abuela Madea (interpretada por su creador, Tyler Perry). En esta ocasión, su casa servirá como refugio dentro de un programa de protección de testigos. Un acaudalado banquero de Wall Street y su familia se trasladan a la casa de Madea por este motivo...
C'mon Man
Mrs. Crabtree
Chronicles the rise, fall and attempted rise again of a stand up comedian plagued by his own demons (IMDb.com).
Afro Ninja
This homage to martial arts legend Jim Kelly is based on a hugely successful YouTube video. Reggie's got a dead end job, a cruel boss, and no real prospects. Until he uncovers a pair of magic nun-chucks that gives him karate superpowers and set Reggie up for a battle with the evil Kung Fu Master.
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
Documental sobre el humor afroamericano.
The Heart Specialist
Ms. Overwood
Suave Harvard Medical School grad Ray Howard seems destined to specialize in womanizing. That is, until he heads to Florida to intern under the tutelage of chief resident Dr. Sidney Zachary. With help from his girlfriend, "Dr. Z" sets out to mold Ray into a caring, responsible doctor. Along the way, he shares some important truths and a whole lot of humor in this sexy romantic comedy
Love on Layaway
Narrator
Marla Gibbs narrates a filmed staging of playwright David E. Talbert's comedy-drama. Directed by Talbert and Leslie Small, this fly-on-the-wall production looks at the lives of three very different couples living in the same Philadelphia brownstone. A single mother can't decide between her new boyfriend and her 6-year-old son; Monique can't figure out her live-in boyfriend; and Ms. Willanetta questions her 12-year relationship.
The Visit
Lois Waters
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
The Brothers
Mary West
Esta es la historia de cuatro "yuppies" afroamericanos (un banquero, un médico, un abogado y un "playboy") que se hacen llamar "The Brothers". Cuando el playboy se involucra, los otros tres amigos se ven obligados a aceptar sus propios problemas de compromiso y honestidad ...
Algo que perder
Enid
Dylan Ramsey (David Spade), el extravagante dueño de un restaurante, quiere impresionar a su bella vecina francesa Lila Dubois (Sophie Marceau) y conseguir que se enamore de él. Para ello traza un plan: raptar a su perro y después presentarse como el héroe que lo ha recuperado. Desgraciadamente, las cosas no saldrán según lo previsto. (FILMAFFINITY)
Foolish
Odetta
'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying to make it on the streets. With all the competition they face in their chosen "professions," their biggest battle is with each other over the love of a pretty girl.
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Old Mother Hubbard (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
Lily in Winter
Maize Covington
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and how different their worlds really are. Michael explores a way of life he never knew existed, while Lily discovers some tender truths about the family she left behind.
Meteor Man
Mrs. Reed
Una noche mientras pasea por la calle, Jefferson Reed, un hombre tímido y amable, es golpeado en el pecho por un trozo de meteorito. Desde ese instante adquiere una serie de singulares poderes, algunos de los cuales son una versión pobre de los que tienen los grandes superhéroes de los comics. Jefferson quisiera olvidarse del asunto pero unos criminales sin escrúpulos comienzan a aterrorizar a la gente del barrio.
Up Against the Wall
Louise Bradley
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
Menu for Murder
Marty Hallard
Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies. But when she suddenly falls dead on a party after having a sandwich, the main suspect is Susan, who served her the food. The handsome detective Joe Russo interrogates her repeatedly and they become friends. He invites her to help him with the investigation, what she happily accepts - too happily, says her husband.
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Self
Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family situations involving the use of illegal drugs.
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self
Just how much do you know about alcohol consumption? Take this video quiz to find out!
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
You Can't Take it With You
Rheba
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
Passing Through
Secretary
Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters who control the music industry, including clubs and recording studios, Warmack searches for his mentor and grandfather, the legendary jazz musician Poppa Harris.
The Missing Are Deadly
An emotionally disturbed teenager whose father is a research scientist takes a rat from his father's laboratory that is infected with an incurable virus that can kill 100 million people in three weeks.
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
Beverly Solomon
A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.
Tuyos, míos, nuestros
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Helen North (Lucille Ball), una viuda con ocho hijos, se enamora de Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), un oficial de la marina, también viudo y padre de diez hijos. Cuando Helen y Frank se casen tendrán que enfrentarse a la compleja vida diaria y a los problemas de logística que ocasiona tan gigantesca familia.