The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Marla Gibbs

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Marla Gibbs

7/8/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.199

Television actress Marla Gibbs (1931 - ) was best known for her role as "Florence" on The Jeffersons. She also starred in her own sitcom, 227. Gibbs was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 7/8/2007, in Los Angeles, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 41m 50s

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Gibbs, Marla, 1931-

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Television actress Marla Gibbs was born on June 14, 1931 to Douglas Bradley and Ophelia Kemp in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Wendell Phillips High School in 1949, Gibbs attended secretarial school and went to work at Service Bindery in Chicago. She then was hired, at Gotham Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, and later worked for Detroit Street Railways (DSR). Gibbs worked for United Airlines as a receptionist. After being transferred to Detroit and later Los Angeles, she took acting classes...