A group of Black Panthers helped launch ‘The Jeffersons’ 50 years ago
The Jeffersons,” which debuted a half-century ago this year, presented the image of an upwardly mobile Black businessman, ...
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'Jeffersons' TV Icon Marla Gibbs, Now 93, Once Worked for United Airlines
Marla Gibbs is best known for two of TV's classic sitcoms, The Jeffersons (CBS, 1975-1985), and 227 (NBC, 1985-1990). An acting icon with a dynamic comedic delivery, Gibbs held several non ...
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Why Telma Hopkins and George Wallace are grateful for Laverne Cox after starring together in Amazon Prime’s ‘Clean Slate’
One of TV’s first sympathetic trans characters, Edie Stokes, appeared in a 1977 episode of the epic Norman Lear comedy “The Jeffersons.” In the episode, George Jefferson is waiting for a ...
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Dallas & The Jeffersons actress Roseanna Christiansen passes away at 71; fans pay tribute
Dallas and The Jeffersons actress Roseanna Christiansen ... and Louise (Isabel Sanford) recruited her character, Carmen. Gibbs had really left the show to appear in her own spinoff, "Checking ...