Marlene Clark — who performed Lamont’s fiancée, Janet, within the Nineteen Seventies sitcom “Sanford and Son” and Ganja Meda within the 1973 horror movie “Ganja & Hess” — has died.
Clark handed away Might 18 in her Los Angeles house, pal Tamara Lynch instructed The Hollywood Reporter.
She died the identical day as her “Slaughter” co-star and NFL legend Jim Brown, who was 87.
Her reason behind dying wasn’t instantly out there.
“RIP stunning actress Marlene Clark. . . It was a delight to work with you…,” Demond Wilson, who portrayed Lamont Sanford, tweeted Tuesday.
Wilson listed her birthdate as Dec. 19, 1949. The Hollywood Reporter reported she was born in Harlem on Dec. 19, 1937.
Clark labored as a mannequin earlier than entering into appearing.
Her first main film was 1968’s “For Love of Ivy” alongside Sidney Poitier.
She went on to seem in 1969’s “Putney Swope,” directed by Robert Downey Sr.; “The Landlord” in 1970; in addition to “Slaughter” and “Evening of the Cobra Girl” in 1972.
Different notable works embody “Enter the Dragon” (1973), “The Beast Should Die” (1974), and “Switchblade Sisters” (1975).
The Hollywood Reporter famous she left appearing within the late Eighties, turning into the supervisor of a restaurant in Venice Seashore, California. She had additionally opened her personal clothes retailer.
Clark was married to “Star Wars” actor Billy Dee Williams from 1968 to 1971. The Submit contacted a rep for Williams for remark.
