Marlene Warfield

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Marlene Warfield
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Marlene Warfield (born in Queens, New York) is an American actress.

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Warfield has acted in films and American television. She portrayed the underground revolutionary Laureen Hobbs in the 1976 film Network [1] and played Victoria Butterfield on the television sitcom Maude (1977–1978). [2] Warfield starred in the play Janie Jones at the New Theatre, London (opened July 15, 1968). [3]

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. [4]

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 Joe Bellevue NurseFeature film
1970 The Great White Hope ClaraFeature film
1970 The Name of the Game SdhariEpisode: "The Time Is Now"
1971 Goodbye, Raggedy Ann Louise WaltersTelevision film
1972CutterSusan MacklinTelevision film
1972 Madigan ClaraEpisode: "The Midtown Beat"
1972 Across 110th Street Mrs. JacksonFeature film
1973Pomroy's PeopleSchool TeacherTelevision pilot
1976 Network Laureen HobbsFeature film
1977–1978 Maude Victoria ButterfieldMain cast (8 episodes)
1978 Lou Grant Joanne BartlettEpisode: "Hero"
1979 The Jeffersons Mrs. OwensEpisode: "Me and Mr. G"
1981 The Sophisticated Gents Lil JoplinTelevision miniseries
1981 Little House on the Prairie Mattie LedouxEpisode: "Dark Sage"
1983 Hill Street Blues Ada BaxterEpisode: "Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel"
1984 Cagney & Lacey Detective #2Episode: "Old Debts"
1986Child's CryMaxineTelevision film
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling SonjaFeature film
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson ProsecutorTelevision film
1989 How I Got Into College LibrarianFeature film
1990 Freddy's Nightmares Helen WoodmanEpisode: "A Family Affair"
1990 Equal Justice Judge Evelyn KassEpisode: "Sugar Blues"
1996 In the House Grandma HillEpisode: "The Max Who Came to Dinner"
1997 ER Babs ChenovertEpisode: "Tribes"
1999 The West Wing RuthEpisode: "Pilot"
2000 So Weird Mrs. ClemensEpisode: "Blues"
2001 Dead Last WomanEpisode: "The Crawford Touch"
2002 The Shield Dottie CummingsEpisode: "Dawg Days"
2003 Cold Case Samuela RobbinsEpisode: "The Runner"
2011Aurora BorealisMrs. ParkerShort film

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References

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  2. "America's Cup Saluted with Music". St. Petersburg Times . September 12, 1977. p. 7D. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  3. 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.
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