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The Jeffersons’ Marla Gibbs Looks Back on Her Career and Health Scares: ‘I Owe Everything to God’
The Jeffersons star Marla Gibbs exclusively gave Closer an inside look at the highlights of her career and the health scares she's suffered throughout the years.
“I owe everything to God,” Marla, 92, told Closer at the Children Uniting Nations 24th Annual Academy Awards Celebration & Viewing Dinner. A high school teacher in Detroit set teenage Marla on the road to an acting career by offering her an appearance in a live TV commercial. Bob Riha, Jr. / Getty ImagesAfter The Jeffersons ended its run in 1985, Marla found a new home on 227, where she played gossipy Mary Jenkins until 1990.
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