Marlene Warfield (born in
Queens
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,
New York) is an American actress.
Warfield has acted in films and American television. She portrayed the underground revolutionary Laureen Hobbs in the 1976 film ''
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'' and played Victoria Butterfield on the television
sitcom
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''
Maude'' (1977–1978). Warfield starred in the play ''Janie Jones'' at the
New Theatre,
London
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(opened July 15, 1968).
She won the
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in 1969 for Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance and a
Theatre World Award
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for the role of Clara in ''
The Great White Hope
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The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in October 1 ...
'', which she reprised in the 1970 film version.
Filmography
References
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Living people
African-American actresses
Actresses from Queens, New York
American television actresses
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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