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Sep 2, 2024 · 50 years after the series' premiere, several key cast members from the sitcom Good Times are still with us. Let's see what they've been up to.
Jul 3, 2024 · The Good Times cast list included a range of significant, often controversial characters throughout the series' tenure. Each actor infused their multi-dimensional personalities with authenticity that continues to resonate with audiences today.
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- The Evans: TV's First Black Family - This week marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of Good Times. The series, which aired for six seasons, introduced America to its first Black television family, unforgettable catch phrases and quotable classic episodes.
- John Amos - TV audiences first saw John Amos on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and later on Maude (as Henry Evans, but still the husband of Florida). But Amos made the biggest impact as television’s first Black TV dad, James Evans.
- Jimmie "J.J." Walker - Jimmie “J.J.” Walker's comedic antics, Dy-no-mite catchphrase and ultra slender physique as J.J. Evans made him the breakout star of the series.
- Bern Nadette Stanis - TV’s first Black sex symbol kept busy in television long after she played Thelma Evans. Bern Nadette Stanis made guest appearances on What’s Happening Now!
Feb 8, 2024 · Fifty years ago today, ‘Good Times’ graced our small screens giving us a peek into the lives of a low-income Black family living in Chicago Illinois.
May 17, 2022 · Ernie Barnes, a former NFL player, painted the classic piece in 1976. Barnes’ painting depicts joyful Black dancers in a club that was also displayed in the Evans family apartment during the fifth and sixth seasons of the TV comedy.
Good Times (TV Series 1974–1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
71 Photos. BernNadette Stanis is best known as Thelma from Good Times (1974), but there's much more to her than that. In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became TV's first black sex symbol or "It" girl.
