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Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5, 1932,[1][2][3] 1938[4][5] or 1945[6][7] – February 17, 2020[8][9]), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois,[10] Ja'net DuBois,[7] and Ja'Net Du Bois[4][11][n 1] (/dʒɑːˈneɪ duːˈbwɑː/), was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven and a friend of the Evans family on the CBS sitcom Good Times, which aired from 1974 to 1979.[12]

Ja'Net DuBois
DuBois as Willona Woods on the television series Good Times, c. 1976
Born
Jeannette Theresa Dubois

August 5, 1932/1938/1945
New York City, U.S.
or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died(2020-02-17)February 17, 2020
Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1960–2019
Known forWillona Woods – Good Times
Ma Bell – I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Ms. Avery – The PJs
Spouse(s)Sajit Gupta
(m. 1950–?; divorced)
Children4

DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' on Up" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985.[13]

After beginning her career on the stage in the early 1960s, DuBois appeared on television shows and in films into the mid-2010s.


Biography



Early life and career


DuBois was born Jeannette Theresa Dubois on August 5, 1932 (other sources state her birth year as 1938[4][5] or 1945[6][7]) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City,[2] or in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (sources differ).[1] She was the daughter of Lillian Gouedy (1910–1984)[14] and Gordon Adelbert Dubois (1915–1960)[15][2][13] and was raised in Amityville, New York on Long Island.[16]

DuBois began her acting career onstage during the early 1960s, making her Broadway debut with a small role in the short-lived play The Long Dream, which ran for four days in February 1960.[17] She appeared in the drama A Raisin in the Sun with Louis Gossett Jr., though not the original Broadway production.[17][18][19] After appearing in the play The Blacks in October 1963, she became an understudy for the housekeeper role, portrayed by Gertrude Jeannette, in the comedy Nobody Loves an Albatross, which ran through June 1964.[20][21][22][23] DuBois next appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Boy with Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Daniels, Lola Falana and Johnny Brown. DuBois portrayed Anna, the sister of Davis's character, through the entire original run from October 1964 to March 1966.[17][24][25]


Career


DuBois's early television acting credits include the 1969 television movie J.T. and as Loretta Allen on the soap opera Love of Life from 1970 until 1972, becoming one of the first African–American female regular cast members on a daytime series. DuBois's first film appearance was her portrayal of Vera in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). She landed the role of Stormy Monday in the 1973 comedy Five on the Black Hand Side[26] and appeared in Lanford Wilson's play The Hot l Baltimore that same year.[citation needed]

During her time in the play, television producer Norman Lear watched DuBois on stage at the Mark Taper Forum and was impressed with her performance. He cast her in his CBS sitcom Good Times as Wilona Woods, the Evanses' neighbor and best friend of family matriarch Florida Evans, portrayed by Esther Rolle.[27] DuBois appeared in the show from February 1974 until the show ended in August 1979.[11] DuBois began the show as a costar alongside Rolle and John Amos (who departed the show in 1976). In 1977, DuBois's role became more prominent during the fifth season after Rolle had left the cast. DuBois returned to her costarring role when Rolle returned in the sixth and final season in 1978.[28]

After Good Times ended in 1979, DuBois recorded the album Again, Ja'Net DuBois on her Peanuts and Caviar label in 1983.[29] She appeared in former Good Times co-star Janet Jackson's 1987 "Control" music video as her mother. In 1992, she costarred with Clifton Davis in And I Still Rise, a play written and directed by Maya Angelou.[30] DuBois co-starred in the films I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and on television in Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, A Different World, Touched by an Angel and The Wayans Bros.


Other ventures and accolades


During the 1980s, DuBois operated the Ja'net DuBois Academy of Theater Arts and Sciences, a performing arts school for teenagers on Long Island, New York.[31] In 1992, DuBois, Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu cofounded the Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles.[32][33] In 1995, DuBois won a CableACE award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Lifetime movie Other Women's Children.[34] DuBois won Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs in 1999 and 2001. DuBois, along with the other cast members of Good Times, received the Impact Icon Award at the 2006 TV Land Awards.[35] In 2000, DuBois served as grand marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in Amityville, New York.[36] DuBois was an honorary member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.[37]


Personal life


DuBois married Sajit Gupta in 1950.[38] According to her Brazilian consular document, DuBois was divorced from Gupta by April 1959,[2][39] but another source states that she was still married in 1964.[23] Together, DuBois and Gupta had four children: Provat Gupta, Rani Gupta, Kesha Gupta-Fields[9] and Raj Kristo Gupta, who died of cancer in 1987 at age 36.[31] Provat is a basketball coach based in California.[40] In 1959, DuBois was romantically involved with actor Brock Peters.[41]


Death


DuBois died on February 17, 2020 of cardiac arrest at her residence in Glendale, California.[9][8][42]


Discography



Filmography



Film


Year Title Role Notes
1966 A Man Called Adam Martha
1969 J.T. Rodeen Gamble
1973 Five on the Black Hand Side Stormy Monday
1977 A Piece of the Action Nellie Bond
1983 The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour Mrs. Gorman TV movie
1986 Stranded Bettina TV movie
1987 Kids Like These Mrs. Page TV movie
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Ma Bell
1990 Heart Condition Mrs. Stone
1990 Hammer, Slammer, & Slade Joanne Wilson TV movie
1990 Penny Ante: The Motion Picture Aunt
1993 Harlan & Merleen Maxine TV movie
1995 Magic Island Lucretia
1996 Sophie & the Moonhanger Agnes TV movie
1996 Don't Look Back Mrs. Lawson TV movie
1998 Best Friends for Life Katie Pegues TV movie
1998 Hard Time Lefty TV movie
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel Lefty, Logan's Assistant TV movie
2000 Waterproof Viola Battle
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Momma Bosley
2016 She's Got a Plan Betty Angelo

Television


Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1970–72Love of LifeLoretta Allenunknown episodes
1972Sanford and SonJuanita Grismore1 episode
1973ShaftDiana Richie1 episode
1973The Blue KnightCelia Louise
1974–79Good TimesWillona Woods133 episodes
1974KojakPaula Thomas1 episode
1975CaribeMelinda Jameson1 episode
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsSally Harvey1 episode
1980The Love BoatEvelyn Hopkins1 episode
1981Hellinger's LawDottie Singer
1981The Facts of LifeEthel (Tootie's grandmother)1 episode
1981The Sophisticated GentsOnetha WigginsTV miniseries
1989Nearly DepartedClerk1 episode
1990New AttitudeIrma1 episode
1990Doctor DoctorElla Wilkes1 episode
1991A Different WorldBrenda Hanes1 episode
1991True ColorsMay Freeman1 episode
1991Dream OnJune1 episode
1992Beverly Hills, 90210Arlene1 episode
1992–93The Golden PalaceLouise Wilson2 episodes
1994Sister, SisterMom O'Danielle1 episode
1994Hangin' with Mr. CooperDorothy Cooper1 episode
1995MartinHerself1 episode
1991/1995Home ImprovementCarol2 episodes
1995ERMacy Chamberlain1 episode
1997MoeshaMrs. Moss1 episode
1997Touched by an AngelEsther Hamilton1 episode
1996–1998The Wayans Bros.Grandma Ellington10 episodes
1999CluelessAunt Liddy1 episode
1999–2001The PJsMrs. Florence Avery (voice)43 episodes
2000The Steve Harvey ShowDelores1 episode
2000Everybody Loves RaymondDottie1 episode
2000/2002As Told by GingerMrs. Patterson (voice)2 episodes
2003BoomtownDenise Smith1 episode
2003One on OneQueen Esther1 episode
2006Crossing JordanMrs. Jones1 episode
2007Random! CartoonsMom (voice)1 episode
2007Cold CaseEdna Johnson1 episode
2011G.I. Joe: RenegadesGrams Hinton (voice)
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Good TimesHerself

Awards and nominations


Year Award Category Series Result
1998 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Touched by an Angel Nominated
1999 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Voice-Over Performance The PJs Won[43]
2001 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Voice-Over Performance The PJs: Let's Get Ready to Rumba Won[44]
2006 TV Land Image Award Good Times Won[45]

Notes


  1. Capitalization of "n" in first name is uncertain in Good Times title card, which credits her in capital letters "JA'NET du BOIS". Last name is given as two words, with "du" lowercase.

References


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  2. "Brazilian consular document". Familysearch.org. April 24, 1959 – via Imgur.com.
  3. "Jeannette Du Bois Gupta Arrival document". Familysearch.org. July 5, 1959 – via Imgur.com.
  4. "Ja'Net Du Bois". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  5. Windsor, Carl D. (2006). On This Day: Daily Inspiration for the History Buff, the Trivia Lover, and the Innately Curious. Howard Books. ISBN 978-1-58229-654-8.
  6. Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (2015). "DUBOIS, JA'NET (1945– )". Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4422-4702-4. This native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
  7. LoBrutto, Vincent (2018). "Good Times". TV in the USA: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. Greenwood. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4408-2972-7. ...Ja'net DuBois (1945– )...
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  30. "Actor Clifton Davis Stars in Maya Angelou's New Musical". Jet. Vol. 82, no. 20. Johnson Publishing Company. September 7, 1992. p. 60. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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Jeannette Theresa Dubois, conocida a nivel profesional como Ja'Net DuBois,[1] Ja'net DuBois[2] o Ja'Net Du Bois, (Brooklyn, Nueva York; 5 de agosto de 1932[3][2]-Glendale, California; 17 de febrero de 2020),[4] fue una actriz y cantautora estadounidense, reconocida por interpretar el papel de Willona Woods en la popular serie cómica Good Times, emitida originalmente entre 1974 y 1979. DuBois además compuso e interpretó la canción "Movin' on Up" para la serie The Jeffersons, emitida entre 1975 y 1985.[5]


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