Marsha Warfield Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1979, won the San Francisco National Stand-Up Comedy Competition
• After graduating high school in Chicago, she spent a short amount of time working with her mother at a phone company before performing at local comedy clubs
• Quote: "(On cleaning up her comedy act) "My agent and I fight all the time about that, but I know what's best for me․ I've fought and climbed in the back door of showbiz․""
• Writer and performer on comedian Richard Pryor's TV sketch program "Richard Pryor Show" in 1977
• Best known for role as bailiff Roz on TV sitcom "Night Court․"
• Worked with Robin Williams as a writer on comedian Richard Pryor's sketch comedy show "Richard Pryor Show․"