Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbsis an American actress, comedian, singer, writer and producer, whose career spans five decades. Gibbs is known for her role as Louise and George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, in the long-running CBS sitcom, The Jeffersons, for which she received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred in the show's spin-off Checking In, and for her leading role as Mary Jenkins in the NBC sitcom, 227, which she also co-produced...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth14 June 1931
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries to go back to yesterday, but you can't go back to yesterday. The only time there is, is now.
The Lord put me on television to do these things I want to do in the community. And He knew I had a lot to learn. That's why I've been on TV 16 years - not because I'm the greatest actress, but because I need the money.
In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.
Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'
I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.
You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.
Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive...
The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.
After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.
As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.
I grew up weird - very sensitive and highly inhibited. I felt like I was born in the wrong time zone to the wrong people at the wrong place.
I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?
I'll tell you, I'm loving everything Betty White's doing. She's 90!
Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.