Ja'Net DuBois

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

August 5
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died(2020-02-17)February 17, 2020
Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • 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

Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5[note 1] – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois,[6] Ja'net DuBois,[4] and Ja'Net Du Bois[1][7][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.[8] DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985.[9] After beginning her career on the stage in the early 1960s, DuBois appeared on television shows and in films into the mid-2010s.

  1. ^ a b "Ja'Net Du Bois". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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...
  4. ^ a b 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– )...
  5. ^ Powers, Retha (2013). Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316250689.
  6. ^ "Ja'Net DuBois". TV One. August 15, 2012. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Encyclopedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Foxx, Redd; Norma Miller, "Ja'Net DuBois", The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor, W. Ritchie Press, 1977, p. 225. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "TV Actress Ja'Net DuBois To Appear On 'Arsenio'". Jet. Vol. 82, no. 6. Johnson Publishing Company. June 1, 1992. p. 60. Retrieved April 19, 2015.


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