Marla Gibbs

Q: Has Marla Gibbs won any awards?

Marla Gibbs received several nominations throughout her career, including an Emmy nomination for her work on 'The Jeffersons.'

Q: What was Marla Gibbs' first film?

Marla Gibbs made her film debut in the 1972 movie 'Sweet Jesus, Preacherman,' which launched her acting career.

Q: What are some of Marla Gibbs' successful films?

Some of Marla Gibbs' successful films include 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' and 'The Visit.'

Q: What is Marla Gibbs' background?

Marla Gibbs was born in Chicago and pursued acting after initially working as a waitress and in various jobs in the entertainment industry.

Q: What is Marla Gibbs' estimated net worth?

Marla Gibbs' estimated net worth is around $2 million, reflecting her long-standing career in television and film.

Q: What are some milestones in Marla Gibbs' filmography?

Marla Gibbs achieved significant milestones with her roles in 'The Jeffersons' and '227,' showcasing her talent in both comedy and drama.

Q: Is Marla Gibbs still active in acting?

Yes, Marla Gibbs remains active in the entertainment industry, continuing to take on roles in various television shows and films.

Known for

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

2019 / Action, Crime / 122 min

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind...

Name

Marla Gibbs

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

5 November 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Edwin Gibbs (1970–2000)

Children

1 daughter, Angela Gibbs

Parents

Thelma and James Gibbs

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Love the Skin You're In A successful career woman seems to have it all: compassion for others and a family legacy she's proud to protect....	Brookie	Not rated
2025	TV Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Journey through the history of black representation on television, showcasing how black artists and creators both shaped and revolutionized the...	Self	TMDB 2.1 / 10
2024	Movie Mildred 4 a Million Mildred 4 a Million is a poignant comedy about a great grandma who desperately wants to connect with her 7-year-old...	Mildred	Not rated
2023	Movie A Snowy Day in Oakland A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to...	Mrs. Keys	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2023	Movie Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2023	TV UnPrisoned A messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom has her life turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of...	Annie	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	TV History of the World: Part II Explore different periods of human history through a variety of sketches.	Ruby Seale	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2023	TV Not Dead Yet Nell Serrano is a broke and newly single self-described disaster. She works to restart the life and career she left...	Nana Sugar	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	TV Will Trent Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined...	Ms. Pearl	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	Movie A Christmas Prayer When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles...	Mrs. Gladys	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2022	Movie Bromates Longtime best friends Sid and Jonesie are dumped by their respective girlfriends. Both without a living situation, they decide to...	Grandma Gladys	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2022	Movie Spirit Halloween: The Movie A group of middle schoolers must survive a night inside a haunted Spirit Halloween store.	Grandma G	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2022	TV Generation Gap A comedy quiz game show featuring family members of different generations who work together to answer questions about pop culture...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood, have in recent years begun to ascend to...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	TV The Upshaws Bennie Upshaw, the head of a Black working class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess...	Mabel Anderson	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV Big Shot After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball...	Destiny's Grandmother	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2020	Movie Orpheus Star Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to see Ezrela Mae...	Ruth Carmichael	Not rated
2020	Movie She Ball On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him...	Mrs. Watts	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie One Fine Christmas The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance...	Alice	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2019	Movie El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order...	Jean	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	TV A Black Lady Sketch Show A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed...	Mary Jenkins	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."	Florence Johnston	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	TV Bless This Mess After dropping everything to make the move from skyscrapers to farmhouses, Rio and Mike soon realize that the simpler life...	Belle	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie Love Jacked Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions – a strong contrast to what her father Ed wants: a dutiful daughter...	Rose	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	TV The Neighborhood The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates...	Miss Simpson	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2018	TV The Last O.G. An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for...	Mama Jarvis	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2018	TV Station 19 A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in...	Edith	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2018	Movie Please Stand By A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek...	Rose	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	TV Young Sheldon The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.	Doris	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Jalen Vs. Everybody Follows former NBA star and current TV personality Jalen Rose as he juggles his career responsibilities with the challenges of...	Grammie	Not rated
2017	TV Trial & Error A bright-eyed New York lawyer takes his first big case defending an eccentric poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.	Mrs. Kratt	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie Lemon Isaac has seen better days. His acting career is tanking, his blind girlfriend of 10 years plans to leave him,...	Lily	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2017	TV One Day at a Time In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with...	Mrs. Jones	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2016	TV This Is Us Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present...	Woman At The Diner	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2016	Movie Second Sight Cursed with horrifying visions of the future, Tatyana Ali stars as a woman looking to save a kidnapped girl in...	Nana	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2016	TV Teachers Written by and starring acclaimed comedy troupe The Katydids, Teachers shows their hilariously warped perspective as six elementary school teachers...	Mrs. Potts	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2015	TV Chicago Med An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors...	Ruth Williams	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2015	Movie The Man in 3B Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female...	Ms. Mamie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Carmichael Show From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom inspired by Jerrod's relationships with his...	Francis	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	TV Harvey Beaks A mild-mannered young bird and his best friends, a pair of rambunctious siblings called Fee and Foo, seek adventure and...	Fuzzy (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	TV black-ish A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class...	Mabel	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Grantham & Rose 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 Price	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	TV Charlie Murphy's Law Charlie Murphy has to take over the bench at a local night court as he deals with his demons, past...	Vera Jenkins	Not rated
2012	TV The First Family The First Family is an American sitcom that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States on September 22, 2012....	Grandma Eddy	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2012	Movie Madea's Witness Protection For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's...	Hattie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2012	Movie C'mon Man Unlike most stand-up comics, Jeff actually gets his break but, while on his way to the top, his insecure ego...	Mrs. Crabtree	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2012	TV Scandal Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite...	Rose	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	TV Hot in Cleveland Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands...	Marcia	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	Movie Afro Ninja This homage to martial arts legend Jim Kelly is based on a hugely successful YouTube video. Reggie's got a dead...	Aunt Mary	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2009	Movie Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	TV Childrens Hospital A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who...	Flossie	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2007	TV Back to the Grind	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie The Heart Specialist Suave Harvard Medical School grad Ray Howard seems destined to specialize in womanizing. That is, until he heads to Florida...	Ms. Overwood	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie Love on Layaway 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...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	TV Grey's Anatomy Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.	Joyce Ward	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2004	TV Listen Up! Listen Up! is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 20, 2004 until April 25, 2005. The...	Jackie Widmer	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2003	TV Cold Case The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved....	Georgie (2005)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2003	TV NCIS From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any...	Rosie Brown	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	TV Chappelle's Show Dave Chappelle's singular point of view is unleashed through a combination of laidback stand-up and street-smart sketches.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2003	TV The Surreal Life The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie The Visit A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life...	Lois Waters	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2001	Movie The Brothers This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves...	Mary West	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2000	Movie Stanley's Gig An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with...	Eleanor Whitney	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	TV Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV....	Zella Van Exel	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Lost & Found In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and...	Enid	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1999	Movie Foolish 'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while...	Odetta	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1998	TV Martial Law Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a...	Delores Samuels	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1998	TV The Hughleys The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on...	Hattie Mae Hughley	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	TV The King of Queens Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie....	Nana Louise	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1998	TV Hollywood Squares On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production...	Self - Panelist	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1998	Movie Border to Border Rambling indie about the people a couple of ramblers meet as they race from place to place.	Dela	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	TV Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high...	Mrs. Fran Boyd	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1997	Movie Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.	Old Mother Hubbard (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1996	TV Arli$$ A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports...	Mrs. Jones	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Grandmother (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Old Mother Hubbard (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie Lily in Winter Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise,...	Maize Covington	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Millie	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Cherise Barnes	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1994	TV Burke's Law Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to...	Jessica Wallace	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1993	Movie The Meteor Man One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but...	Mrs. Reed	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1993	TV The Fire Next Time In 2017, unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse effect ravage the earth. While scientists and...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1992	TV Martin Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her...	Miss Minnie	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie Up Against the Wall A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.	Louise Bradley	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1990	Movie Menu for Murder Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies....	Marty Hallard	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1990	TV The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle...	Florence Johnston	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1990	TV Dream On The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively...	Mrs. Perry	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1988	Movie Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1988	Movie Your Alcohol I.Q. Just how much do you know about alcohol consumption? Take this video quiz to find out!	Self	Not rated
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Principal Shaw	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	Movie The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars from NBC’s biggest shows...	Unknown character	Not rated
1985	TV 227 A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all...	Mary Jenkins	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1985	Movie Night of 100 Stars II This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	Movie The Young Landlords Four teen-age New York residents try to raise cash to improve a dilapidated building they brought for a dollar.	Tina Robinson	Not rated
1983	Movie Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1981	TV Checking In Checking In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in April 1981. The series is a spin-off of The...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1979	Movie You Can't Take it With You Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy...	Rheba	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1977	TV The Love Boat Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their...	Janet Dalton	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1977	Movie Passing Through Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing...	Secretary	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1975	TV Barney Miller Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a...	Mrs. McBee	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1975	TV The Jeffersons Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to...	Florence Johnston	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1975	TV The Jeffersons Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to...	Florence	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1975	Movie 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...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	Movie Black Belt Jones Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city...	Betty (uncredited)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1973	Movie Sweet Jesus, Preacherman A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local...	Beverly Solomon	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1968	Movie Yours, Mine and Ours When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as...	Movie Patron (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie The Last Revolutionary Two African Americans fight against a far right group.	Millie	Not rated