Ja'net Du bois (pronounced Ja-NAY Doo-BWAH) (born August 5, 1945) is an American actress and singer.
Ja'net Du bois is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking, gossip maven Willona Woods on the 1970s' sitcom Good Times. Dubois also co-wrote and sang the theme song of the sitcom The Jeffersons, and has appeared in a number of other television programs (usually as a guest star), most notably in 1972 during the second season of San...
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Ja'net Du bois (pronounced Ja-NAY Doo-BWAH) (born August 5, 1945) is an American actress and singer.
Ja'net Du bois is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking, gossip maven Willona Woods on the 1970s' sitcom Good Times. Dubois also co-wrote and sang the theme song of the sitcom The Jeffersons, and has appeared in a number of other television programs (usually as a guest star), most notably in 1972 during the second season of Sanford and Son as Fred's old flame Juanita in an episode entitled "Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three" (this appearance got her noticed by Norman Lear, and led to her being cast in Good Times and in films). She usually found herself playing roles which made her seem much older than she was. For example, when Good Times premiered in 1974 she was 28 while the show made her out to be much closer in age to Esther Rolle, who was born in 1920.
She co-starred in the movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the sitcoms Moesha and The Steve Harvey Show. She...
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