8. Don’t Quit Your Day Job
When she landed the role of Florence on The Jeffersons Marla Gibbs was working as a reservation agent at United Airlines for 11 years and acted in her spare time.
A different day job…
Florence was only meant to be a one-off character, however, Gibbs received a lot of positive feedback from the audience that she was called back again a few episodes later.
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Marla was later offered a contract, however, it was for just seven episodes, so she kept her day job.
Florence…
When the show’s producers found out they were surprised when they found out and became worried that she was stretching herself too thin.
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So, as a result they suggested that she took a leave of absence from the airline.
Leave of absence…
She famously said: “Not unless you plan to pay me for it.” As a result, she was soon given a full contract and she finally bid farewell to United.
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