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 ...

LOS ANGELES - THE JEFFERSONS featuring (clockwise from bottom right) Damon Evans as Lionel ... [+] Jefferson, Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson, Zara Cully as Mother Olivia Jefferson, Berlinda ...

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 ...