First mack Woman Celebrity
To Star In TV Commercial
Marla Gibbs, well-known to us
all for her role as Florence on the
long-running television hit, “The
Jeffersons,” has added yet another
credit to her impressive career
Recently voted by American
television-viewers across the
country as one of television's most
.- popular stars in a nationwide poll
conducted by MarRefihg~Evatua—
tions Company, Marla is now
appearing on screen as spokes
woman for Texize for its Pine
Power (R) cleaner disinfectant.
Because of her popularity and the
values of honesty and self-reliance
she stands for, she was chosen to
be one of the first black women
celebrities to star in a commercial,
once again pioneering a road for
black women to follow.
Chicago-born, Miss Gibbs al
ways wanted to be a singer. Before
realizing her dream of entering
show business in 1972, she worked
at various jobs - as a switch
board operator for Detroit's black
owned Gotham Hotel, and for a
time as a reservations clerk for
United Airlines.
After moving to Southern Cali
fornia with her family - daughter
Angela and sons Jordan and
Dorian - Marla began taking
acting lessons at a Watts work
shop in 1971. She appeared pro
fessionally first ill a film, “Sweet
Jesu^'Preacher Man." Marla's
lllnd work paid off ratliei quickly.
Her big break came in 1972 when
she was chosen to play Florence,
Dallas
J.R.'s continued absence from
the business and Ray's apathy
toward running the ranch have
Bobby busy trying to keep Ewing
Oil afloat and Southfork running
smoothly, on ‘ Dallas,'' Friday.
January 22. at 9 p m on WBTV,
Channel 3. Series star Patrick
Duffy directed.
Bobby asks Ellie for authority he
needs to run Ewing Oil until J.R.
recovers from Jock's death, but
Elite knows Bobby has all the pres
sures he can handle with Pam and
the baby. J.R, recovers his sense of
purpose when Bobbv shows him
that they are in danger of losing all
that Jock had built up for his
family. Sue Ellen and Clayton are
targets of criticism because of
their friendship, so Sue Ellen wel
comes Cliff s attentions While
visiting Southfork with his daddy.
John Ross pleases J.R by taking
his place in Jock's chair.
Valentine Disco
Ready for one of the classiest
events in town? It will happen
Saturday, February 20. at the Ex
celsior Club on Beatties Ford
Road and It's call the “Post St
Valentine's Day Disco ”
Sponsored by the West Char
lotte High School Alumni Classes
, of 1941-15H5, all donations from the
event will be used towartto a
scholarship fund.
Donations will be $250 per
person and door pr.ies will be given
away.
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everyone’s favorite maid, in "The
Jeffersons."
Veratile Marla has been able to
combine her acting career and off
screen role as a mother of three
and be a business woman too. She
owns a successful printing busi
ness and hopes to open a jazz club
and start a recording studio soon.
— After having accomplished so
much in such a short period of
time, Marla feels now she’ll be
able to fulfill her original child
hood ambition to be a singer since
she's developed enough self-confi
—aencc as an actress.
Always looking towards the
future and advancement, she sees
TV as a new horizon for blacks.
That's why she values the experi
ence of working on a highly-rated
television series and in Pine Power
television commercials that ap
pear on all three networks. She
feels it is very important for
viewers to let the stations know
what they like and complain about
programs they don’t enjoy.
Marla’s on-target portrayal of Flo
rence is obviously what TV view
ers like!__
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