
Marilyn Coleman
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday23 March 1934
Died25 June 2013 (age 79)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits24
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 the crime flick "Remember My Name" (1978) with Geraldine Chaplin. She also appeared in the TV movie "…

The Meteor Man
1993 · Mrs. Walker

Road to Nowhere
1993 · Housekeeper

Menace II Society
1993 · Grandmama

Better Off Dead.
1993 · Rene Dubuque

The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Mrs. King

Heat Wave
1990 · Cora

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · Funeral Mourner

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Lois Evans

Hunter
1984 · Hotel Clerk

Don't Go to Sleep
1982 · Sarah

Something So Right
1982 · Secretary

Vice Squad
1982 · Beatrice Adams

The Best Little Girl in the World
1981 · Emergency Room Nurse

Aunt Mary
1979 · Grace Hazel

No Other Love
1979 · Mrs. Walker

A Woman Called Moses
1978 · Molly

Remember My Name
1978 · Teresa

Nowhere to Run
1978 · Maid

Which Way Is Up?
1977 · Sister Sarah Thomas

Invasion of the Love Drones
1977 · Club Drone

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · Mrs. Jackson

The Love Boat
1977 · Mrs. Dennison

Willie Dynamite
1974 · Connie

Up the Sandbox
1972 · Rose White
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