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My Take
Marla Gibbs is, to me, a masterclass in comic timing and professional endurance. Florence on The Jeffersons could have been a one-joke role, the maid who refuses to be deferential, but Gibbs made every eye-roll and retort feel like quiet social commentary, and five Emmy nominations say I am not alone in thinking so. What impresses me even more is the second act: producing, writing, singing, then headlining 227 in her fifties. A career spanning seven decades is not luck; it is discipline wrapped in warmth. She remains one of those performers whose presence alone raises the intelligence of any scene she is in.
Overview
Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. She is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marla Gibbs
- Name (Japanese)
- マーラ・ギブズ
- Reading
- まーら・ぎぶず
- Born
- June 14, 1931 (age 94)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Goat
- Origin
- John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / film producer / composer / musician / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Wendell Phillips Academy High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1984 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Jeffersons | — | |
| Notable work | 227 | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla%20Gibbs
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.