Marlene Warfield

Biography

Marlene Warfield was a stage-trained actress who began her career in New York's theatre scene as a teenager in 1957. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance in 1969 and reprised her role from the 1970 film version of The Great White Hope. Warfield also appeared in notable films such as Across 110th Street (1972) and Joe (1970).