Marilyn Coleman
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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. Coleman started her acting career landing roles in films, such as the drama "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" (1977) with Diane Keaton, the comedic adaptation "Which Way Is Up?" (1977) with Richard Pryor and t...
Known For
Filmography
Road to Nowhere
1993
as Housekeeper
Better Off Dead.
1993
as Rene Dubuque
Menace II Society
1993
as Grandmama
The Meteor Man
1993
as Mrs. Walker
The Five Heartbeats
1991
as Mrs. King
Heat Wave
1990
as Cora
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Funeral Mourner
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lois Evans
Hunter
1984
as Hotel Clerk
Vice Squad
1982
as Beatrice Adams
Don't Go to Sleep
1982
as Sarah
Something So Right
1982
as Secretary
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Emergency Room Nurse
Aunt Mary
1979
as Grace Hazel
No Other Love
1979
as Mrs. Walker
Nowhere to Run
1978
as Maid
Remember My Name
1978
as Teresa
A Woman Called Moses
1978
as Molly
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as Sister Sarah Thomas
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Mrs. Jackson
Invasion of the Love Drones
1977
as Club Drone
The Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Dennison
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Connie
Up the Sandbox
1972
as Rose White