Five-Time Emmy Nominated Actress Marla Gibbs’ Nearly 50-Year Career In Photos

By Brande Victorian ·July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

With a career spanning six decades, comedic actress Marla Gibbs was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. During the unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles where Gibbs was joined by friends, family, and producer Norman Lear who created the show that would launch the 90-year-old into stardom, she told those gathered, “I never thought it would happen, but here it is.”

Gibbs is most well-known for her role as George Jefferson’s maid, Florence Johnston, on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, which she played from 1975-1985, but the Chicago native began her acting career in film two years prior. Since 1973, Gibbs has starred in a number of movies (Lost & Found, The Brothers), been cast as a serious regular in various TV shows (The Hughleys, Station 19), and made countless guest appearances on sitcoms and TV dramas up through 2021 (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, A Black Lady Sketch Show).

While it’s hard to capture a 48-year career in one article, click below to see some of Gibbs most memorable performances and appearances over the years.

011973: Gibbs Portrayed Beverly Solomon In The Blaxploitation Film For Sweet Jesus Preacher Man 021975: From 1975-1985, Gibbs starred as Florence Johnston in The CBS sitcom The Jeffersons 031985: Moving from one sitcom to the next, from 1985-1990, Gibbs played Mary Jenkins in 227 041987: Gibbs attends the 13th Annual People’s Choice Awards 051993: Robert Townsend’s Meteor Man hits theaters with Gibbs playing Maxine Reed 062003: Gibbs attends Comedy Central’s First Ever Awards Show “The Commies” 072004: Isabel Sanford Is honored With a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Gibbs delivers remarks 082005: Gibbs performs at the Worldwide V-Day Campaign presentation of The Vagina Monologues 092020: The cast of 227 reunites on TODAY 101995: Gibbs plays the hilarious housekeeper Miss Minnie in an episode of Martin 112012: Gibbs at the premiere of Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection; she played Hattie in the movie 122012: Gibbs stars as Grandma Eddy in Byron Allen’s sitcom First Family 132015: Gibbs made a guest appearance on two episodes of Scandal this year 142015: That same year she also appeared alongside Betty White in an episode of Hot in Cleveland 152016: Gibbs portrayed Francis in two episodes of The Carmichael Show in 2016 and 2017 162017: Justin Hartley and Gibbs after she appeared in an episode of This is Us 172017: Gibbs stars as Mabel in two episodes of ABC’s Black-ish 182018: Gibbs starred in the Canadian romantic comedy Love Jacked 192021: Gibbs is honored With a Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

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