Berlinda Tolbert was the one and only Jenny Willis Jefferson. Jenny, the daughter of the interracial couple Tom and Helen Willis, married Lionel in season two, though their relationship had its ...

(Photo by CBS via Getty Images) 3) On the debut episode of The Jeffersons ("A Friend in Need”), CBS executives tried to get the interracial kiss between Tom (Franklin Cover) and Helen Willis ...

Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...