As the 11th season of The Jeffersons drew to a close, no one on the cast guessed that the show would be canceled. After the season finale episode, “Red Robins” — which concerned George’s ...

Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...

starting on January 18. LOS ANGELES - CIRCA 1975: The cast of the TV sitcom 'The Jeffersons' (L-R Back Row: Franklin Cover, ... [+] Paul Benedict, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs, Ned Wertimer and ...

It ended the 1974-75 season as the fourth most-watched show. “The Jeffersons” benefitted from a larger cast than seen in Lear’s other hits, too, allowing for more storylines to explore.

As George and Louise settled in, so did viewers. It ended the 1974-75 season as the fourth most-watched show. “The Jeffersons” benefitted from a larger cast than seen in Lear’s other hits, too, ...

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All ...