Actor
Marilyn Coleman
March 23, 1934 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Marilyn B. Coleman was a writer, a singer, and an award-winning actress on Broadway, on television, and in film.
She was born to the late Estella and Fred Bonaparte in Philadelphia. She moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and began a career that spanned more than 45 years on stage, film and television.
Notable work
Often works with
James Earl Jones
3 titles together
The Meteor Man, The Atlanta Child Murders, Heat Wave
Glenn Plummer
2 titles together
Menace II Society, Heat Wave
Linda Evans
2 titles together
The Love Boat, Nowhere to Run
Fred Dryer
2 titles together
Hunter, Something So Right
Margaret Avery
2 titles together
Which Way Is Up?, Heat Wave
Dolph Sweet
2 titles together
Which Way Is Up?, Aunt Mary
Full filmography · 21
The Meteor Man
as Mrs. Walker
19935.8
Road to Nowhere
as Housekeeper
1993
Menace II Society
as Grandmama
19937.5
Better Off Dead.
as Rene Dubuque
1993
Heat Wave
as Cora
1990
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Funeral Mourner
19886.4
Don't Go to Sleep
as Sarah
19826.5
Something So Right
as Secretary
1982
Vice Squad
as Beatrice Adams
19826.2
The Best Little Girl in the World
as Emergency Room Nurse
1981
Aunt Mary
as Grace Hazel
1979
No Other Love
as Mrs. Walker
1979