Marlene Warfield
Marlene Warfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marlene Ronetta Warfield June 19, 1941 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 2025 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–2011 |
| Spouse |
William Horsey
(m. 1967; died 1993) |
| Children | 1 |
Marlene Ronetta Warfield (June 19, 1941 – April 6, 2025) was an American actress who worked in theatre, film, and television.
Background
Warfield was born in Queens, New York, on June 19, 1941, and brought up in Brooklyn.[1] She attended the High School of Performing Arts and began acting on stage as a teenager, in 1957.[1] She later attended the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the American Institute of Theatre and TV Arts.[1]
Career
Warfield began her career in New York, working on stage and screen.[1] She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s.[1] She portrayed the underground revolutionary Laureen Hobbs in the 1976 film Network[2] and played Victoria Butterfield on the television sitcom Maude (1977–1978).[3] Warfield starred in the play Janie Jones at the New Theatre, London (opened July 15, 1968).[4]
She won the Clarence Derwent Award in 1969 for Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance and a Theatre World Award for the role of Clara in The Great White Hope, which she reprised in the 1970 film version.[5]
Personal life and death
In 1967, Warfield married William Horsey (died 1993); they had a son.[1] She died of lung cancer at a Los Angeles hospital on April 6, 2025, at the age of 83.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Joe | Bellevue Nurse | Feature film |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Clara | Feature film |
| 1970 | The Name of the Game | Sdhari | Episode: "The Time Is Now" |
| 1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Louise Walters | Television film |
| 1972 | Cutter | Susan Macklin | Television film |
| 1972 | Madigan | Clara | Episode: "The Midtown Beat" |
| 1972 | Across 110th Street | Mrs. Jackson | Feature film |
| 1973 | Pomroy's People | School Teacher | Television pilot |
| 1976 | Network | Laureen Hobbs | Feature film |
| 1977–1978 | Maude | Victoria Butterfield | Main cast (8 episodes) |
| 1978 | Lou Grant | Joanne Bartlett | Episode: "Hero" |
| 1979 | The Jeffersons | Mrs. Owens | Episode: "Me and Mr. G" |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Lil Joplin | Television miniseries |
| 1981 | Little House on the Prairie | Mattie Ledoux | Episode: "Dark Sage" |
| 1983 | Hill Street Blues | Ada Baxter | Episode: "Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel" |
| 1984 | Cagney & Lacey | Detective #2 | Episode: "Old Debts" |
| 1986 | Child's Cry | Maxine | Television film |
| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Sonja | Feature film |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Prosecutor | Television film |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Librarian | Feature film |
| 1990 | Freddy's Nightmares | Helen Woodman | Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Judge Evelyn Kass | Episode: "Sugar Blues" |
| 1996 | In the House | Grandma Hill | Episode: "The Max Who Came to Dinner" |
| 1997 | ER | Babs Chenovert | Episode: "Tribes" |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Ruth | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2000 | So Weird | Mrs. Clemens | Episode: "Blues" |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Woman | Episode: "The Crawford Touch" |
| 2002 | The Shield | Dottie Cummings | Episode: "Dawg Days" |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Samuela Robbins | Episode: "The Runner" |
| 2011 | Aurora Borealis | Mrs. Parker | Short film |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Barnes, Mike. "Marlene Warfield, Actress in 'Network' and 'The Great White Hope,' Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ Anderson, George (December 16, 1976). "'Network' Dares Enough To Be The Very Best" (Review). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 19. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.
- ^ "America's Cup Saluted with Music". St. Petersburg Times. September 12, 1977. p. 7D. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Drew, Bernard (October 17, 1970). "'Great White Hope' Made into Good Movie". The Evening News. Vol. 10, no. 217. Newburgh, NY. Gannett News Service. p. 6. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Marlene Warfield Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved 2021-01-08.