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Bookmans real life daughter starred in this popular good times episode. Debbie allen discusses why lisa bonet left a different world. Life god life god thats right life god the first time those girls will go mad when they see my body unclass. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of good times. Good times is getting an allstar remake for one night only, with viola davis, andre braugher and jharrel jerome among the cast members going live in front of a studio audience on abc. Good times concerned itself with the struggles of the evans family, a strong but poor africanamerican family living in the projects in chicago. The actors eldest daughter is also a known actress, and shes now happily married to the son of another famous star. Independent, generous, and always up for fun, willona can also be nosy at times and a little gossipy. March 18, 2015 bookmans daughter, sharon brown as fun girl on good times. Surprise appearance by original cast members of good times.

But as floridas best friend, willona is always there with a helping. As you know, there was a parade of different guest actors who appeared on good times every week. Bookmans real life daughter starred in this popular good. Sep 08, 2015 as you know, there was a parade of different guest actors who appeared on good times every week. Relive the 70s sitcom smash from producer norman lear and executive producer bud yorkin. The family in good times even bears the real life evans last name. Brown portrayed bookman until the series was cancelled in 1979.

March 18, 2015 bookman s daughter, sharon brown as fun girl on good times in the breaker breaker episode. And best of all, you can catch good times every weeknight on gettv. Bernnadette stanis is best known as thelma from good times 1974, but theres much more to her than that. She was born in new york city, new york, and is the daughter of actor johnny brown, who portrayed nathan bookman on. Good times is a spinoff of maude, which itself is a spinoff of all in the family. Thelmabernnadette and the evans family also proved many stereotypes wrong about. Part 2 is played by bebe drake, who also appeared on the series as savannah jones in. Bern nadette stanis good times stomach mumps part 2. Good times debuted on cbs in 1974, as a spinoff of maude. The other creator of the show was named mike evans. With janet dubois, ralph carter, bernnadette stanis, jimmie walker. Jun 25, 2018 bern nadette stanis, portrayed thelma on the hit tv show good times duration. John amos discusses why he stopped doing good times. Bookman johnny brown the family business season 2, episode 17.

Apr 19, 2015 an actor who appeared on the longrunning sitcom good times has died. Catching up with ralph carter, michael from good times. Bookman s daughter, sharon brown as fun girl on good times johnnys daughter is the one who was in the breaker breaker episode. Like we say a lot around here, we learn something new everyday. Good times tv series 19741979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bookman christmas dance from good times merry christmas. After good times ended, brown could be seen in such series as the parkers, everybody hates chris and the 2012 and 20 films in da cut the movie and in da cut. Jun 11, 2018 johnny brown was active in hollywood for over fifty decades, but hes better known for one of his first roles as bookman in the series good times. Guess which good times guest star is actually bookmans. A poor family make the best of things in the chicago housing projects. Feb 09, 2015 on good times, henry evans name was changed to james evans while the family lived in chicago on good times with no mention of maude or tuchahoe, ny. Well, the veteran actor has a lookalike daughter who is also an actress and. When we learn a new fact about any character on good times, we like to share it with you guys.

March 18, 2015 sharon brown fun girl and husband, billy blanks jr. A spinoff of maude, which was itself a spinoff of all in the family, good times first aired in february 1974 and viewers of all races and ages instantly connected with the evans family. Other episodic television credits include good times, a different world and the fresh prince of belair. She is the daughter of actressdirector chip fields. Bookman johnny brown the family business season 2, episode 17 the first appearance of building superintendent nathan bookman is a bit of a fake out. After his role in good times, brown went on to star in series like everybody. Willona is a close family friend and neighbor to the evans family. If youre a good times fan, im sure you remember her role. Bookman from good times has a daughter who was the star of a very popular good times episode. Michael goes to meet fun girl at her apartment but is shocked to find that she is handicapped. Mar 18, 2015 johnny brown bookman has stayed busy in television for nearly 40 years. Based on the life of eric monte and mike evans lionel on the jeffersons, the shows original creators. Guess which good times guest star is actually bookmans real life daughter. Bookman s real life daughter starred in this popular good times ep posted on.

Jamie foxx gave his daughter tips for her good times role l gma duration. The part of penny is played by actresssingerrecording artist and entertainer janet jackson. She is best known for her roles as tootie ramsey on the nbc sitcom the facts of life, and as regine hunter on the fox sitcom series living single. Good times is an american sitcom television series that aired for six seasons on cbs, from february 8, 1974 to august 1, 1979. Blackish falls on goodish times in its second season finale. Bookman was often the brunt of fat jokes via the shows main character j. Kim fields born may 12, 1969 appeared in two episodes of good times as kim, a friend of penny, in two season 6 episodes. About penny born millicent gordon on august 16, 1966 in chicago, pennys mother, lenela gordon played by chip fields. Bookman hides a cb radio in the evans apartment and everybody uses it. However, we were shocked to learn that one of the most memorable characters was the real life child of johnny brown. Bookmans real life daughter starred in this popular good times ep posted on. The comedian who starred in the sitcom as nathan bookman and was.

As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became tvs first black sex symbol or it girl. Guess which good times guest star is actually bookmans real. Sharon brown was the pretty daughter of johnny bookman brown, the same. Goodish times has a very simplistic, 70sesque plot, with blackish committing every bit as much to the premise as it is winking at it. Oct 15, 2019 the legendary and beautiful actress and author bern nadette stanis won our hearts with her iconic role as thelma evans from cbss sitcom good times. Sharon catherine brown born january 11, 1962, also known as sharon catherine blanks.

The sixth season christmas episode of good times is a favorite because it features a showwithinashow, a format in sitcoms that is popular at christmas time as a way to incorporate music into an episode. In real life, nancy sharon brown is nathan bookman johnny browns daughter. Producers lured her back for the sixth season, but the good times came to an end in 1979. Ben powers played the character of thelmas husband keith in the shows sixth and final season between 19781979. Good times was based on the life of eric monte, one of the shows creators. Tiffany haddish will be bringing back to life the role of the familys. Developed by norman lear, it followed a tightknit black family as they faced the tragic and comic aspects of life in a poor innercity chicago housing project. Archetypical black family or stereotypical minstrel show. Sister circle good times star bern nadette stanis talks. Best known for the role of florida evans on the 1970s sitcoms maude 1972 and good times 1974, africanamerican actress esther rolle proved to be as spirited and ironwilled offcamera as well.

Bookman has just bought a cb radio and to hide it from mrs. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson. As you know, there was a parade of different guest actors who. Johnny brown aka nathan bookman on good times has a look. Mar 18, 2015 bookmans real life daughter starred in this popular good times ep posted on. In one story arc, keith is drunk and slaps thelma across the face, but she returns the favor at the end of the episode. The part of willona was played by the late janet dubois. The gaptoothed actress with the gravelly voice was born in pompano beach, florida, the 10th child of 18 born to caribbean farming immigrants. The good times edition of did you know on this day in. As most tv fans know, florida began life as the findlay familys maid. Stick every time you go in the water, youll be lucky for dogs. If youre a good times fan, im sure you remember her role because that episode was one of the most memorable ones of that whole season. Created by eric monte and mike evans and developed by executive producer norman lear, it was televisions first african american twoparent family sitcom.

Penny gordon woods is a character who appears on the cbstv series good times in season 5 in episodes 86, 87, 88 and 89 as well as season 6 in episode titled a matter of mothers. Its also really good about making even lighter or darker of how uncomfortable the evans familys life was, as popsjames comes in and out of scenes in order to either return from or leave for one of his four jobs. March 18, 2015 watch the good times breaker breaker episode starring fun girl check out more pics of sharon and her family. Baker, the mother of larry baker, a grade school student, who rides along with penny, on the school bus which florida drives, appears in the season 6 episode of good times titled floridas favorite passenger. Bookmans real life daughter starred in this popular. With abc planning a live good times special on december 18, interest in the show. If youre a good times fan, im sure you remember her role because that. Catching up with ralph carter, michael from good times youtube. The lanky, manic young jimmie walker became the breakout star of the sitcom, and his dynomite catchphrase exploded into. Jimmie walker on the good times cast televisionacademy.

In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. Check out a video clip of sharon and billy blanks jr. With janet dubois, ralph carter, bernnadette stanis, johnny brown. For carter, questions about good times will always be a part of his life. Good times, a norman lear production, which premiered on cbs on february 1, 1974, was a spinoff from maude, which in turn was a spinoff from all in the family. Jun 08, 2018 like we say a lot around here, we learn something new everyday.

Dec 22, 2016 evans, 35, of duluth, ga, is the ceo of a youth program called kidsplosion and is also the daughter of the late mike evans, a cocreator of the hit 70s sitcom good times, who also played lionel on the jeffersons and all in the family. Brown is most famous, however, for his role as building superintendent nathan bookman on the 1970s cbs sitcom, good times. Born jeannette theresa dubois on august 5, 1932 other sources state her birth year as 1938 or 1945 in the brooklyn borough of new york city or philadelphia, pennsylvania sources differ, dubois was the daughter of lillian gouedy 19101984 and gordon adelbert dubois 19151960. Before appearing on the facts of life, kim costarred in a shortlived.