Armed with an acid dry wit and a full arsenal of sarcasm and sass, African-American character comedienne Marla Gibbs showed up on 70s TV with a bang in middle age (44). Landing the feisty maid role on the popular ground-breaking CBS comedy, The Jeffersons (1975), eventually led to her very own sitcom, 227 (1985), a decade later and international celebrity. A divorced mother with three children (Angela Elayne Gibbs, Dorian, Joseph) at the time of her initial success, it was a job transfer from Detroit to Los Angeles, while working as a United Airlines reservation clerk, that set up this more-than-welcome surprise and change of destiny.
作为一名多才多艺的演员，King出色的演技早已获得好莱坞的赏识，她的电影作品有《Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous》、《Ant Bull》、《Ray》、《Legally Blonde 2》等。从小在洛杉矶长大，King首次登上电视荧幕实是热播的情景喜剧《227》，成功出演了5季后转战大银幕。她事业的转折点是在1997年，她先后出演了《Jerry Maguire》、《How Stella Got Her Groove Back》、《Enemy of the State》等具有里程碑意义的影片。她目前与儿子Lan一起住在洛杉矶。
1973年 第45届奥斯卡金像奖 最佳男主角(提名) 儿子离家时
This African American actor attended Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started his junior year at 6' 5" and finished it at 6' 9"! He played basketball throughout his high-school years and won a scholarship. He averaged 18 points a game and 10 rebounds! He played basketball during college, but not when it would interfere with his major at George Washington University in Washington, DC, which was Theatrical Arts. During his college years, he met Jay Fenichel with whom he would later make musical productions. Upon graduation, Fenichel moved to Los Angeles and Hall moved to Venezuela to play basketball.
A veteran actress, Lynn, a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, made her film debut in Shadows (1959) directed by John Cassavetes. Lynn is perhaps best known for her role as "Donna Harris", a registered nurse and Fred's girl on Sanford and Son (1972), from 1972 to 1977. Hamilton also had a recurring role as "Verdie" on The Waltons (1971) and made numerous appearances on such television sitcoms, soap operas and miniseries such as _'227', "Dangerous Women" (1991)_, Generations (1989), Port Charles (1997), Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and The Golden Girls (1985).
