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 ...
while “Good Times” was set in a Chicago housing project ‒ offered singular, even stereotypical, portraits: Two steps forward, one step back. “The Jeffersons” moved on up to primetime ...
George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford ... while “Good Times” was set in a Chicago housing project ‒ offered singular, even stereotypical, portraits: Two steps ...