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Malaika Adero

Biography

Malaika Adero

Malaika Adero

Books by Malaika Adero

by Marla Gibbs, with contributions by Malaika Adero - Memoir, Nonfiction

Marla Gibbs, the star of such classic television series as “The Jeffersons” and “227,” has been a Hollywood icon for generations of fans. Now, at 93, she chronicles her climb from a difficult youth in which she yearned for safety and love, to the high-stakes world of Hollywood where she became a confident powerbroker learning to work behind the scenes for fair pay, access, and more creative control for herself and her colleagues. Told in her forthright voice, IT’S NEVER TOO LATE illuminates Gibbs' daring move to Los Angeles to rebuild her life after an abusive marriage, how she became an actor, and how she eventually learned to balance acting with show running.