Marsha Francine Warfield, born on March 5, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American actress and comedian. She grew up on Chicago's South Side and graduated from Calumet High School.

Marsha Warfield is best known for her role as the tough, no-nonsense bailiff Roz Russell on the NBC sitcom "Night Court" from 1986 to 1992, a role she reprised in the show's 2023 revival. Before her breakout role on "Night Court," she was a writer and performer on the short-lived Richard Pryor Show.

Her career in television also includes starring as Dr. Maxine Douglas on the sitcom "Empty Nest" from 1993 to 1995. She has appeared in feature films such as "D.C. Cab" (1983) and "Mask" (1985), and hosted "The Marsha Warfield Show" for ten months from March 1990 to January 1991.

Throughout her career, she has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including "Riptide," "Family Ties," "Cheers," "Living Single," "In Living Color," "Cybill," "Moesha," "Smart Guy," and "Touched by an Angel."

Marsha Warfield has also been a successful stand-up comedian. She won the San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 1979, competing against notable comedians like Dana Carvey and A. Whitney Brown. She publicly came out as gay in 2017, sharing that her mother had known about her sexuality all along and had asked her not to come out publicly while she was alive.

Her personal life includes a brief marriage at the age of 18, which ended in divorce a few months later. Despite this, she has remained a strong and independent woman.

She returned to television in 2021, appearing in Season 4 of Fox's TV series "9-1-1" as Toni Wilson.