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2. www.essence.com › news › bern-nadette-stanis-theBern Nadette Stanis: The Girl Next Door | Essence

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   Oct 29, 2020 · The second Thelma Evans graced the small screen with her perfectly sculpted afro puffs and funky 70s fashions as the only daughter of the Good Times family, the former dancer and Brooklyn,...

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   Mar 11, 2021 · By Roslyn Giles. Published: Mar. 11, 2021 at 9:50 AM PST. FORT BENNING, Ga. (WTVM) - An actress from the first African American sitcom is at Fort Benning promoting her three books written about...

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   Who plays Thelma on 'Good Times'?

   • And that’s how Stanis says she landed the role as Thelma on Good Times. Right off the bat, she wasn’t satisfied with the lines they gave her to learn. “Nobody knew who she was. They couldn’t write for her, they wrote for me,” Hi mom, hi dad, goodbye, JJ shut up,” Stanis added.

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   Who was Thelma on 'Thelma'?

   • Thelma’s TV mom, Florida Evans, arranged a meeting for her TV daughter to speak with the producers and writers of the show to tell them who Thelma was. “Thelma was a girl who grew up in Brownsville and Brooklyn, New York who grew up in the projects like myself, so I knew who she was. I knew she wanted to be more than she could be.

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   Who played Thelma on 'Battlestar Galactica'?

   • Thelma was played by Bern Nadette Stanis during the series' six seasons from 1974 to 1979, and the character was the first Black teenage girl on a sitcom. Stanis remains best known for playing Thelma, but she has continued acting over the years, including appearances on several popular TV shows.

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   Feb 21, 2024 · 50 years ago, America was introduced to the Evans family: two Black parents, James and Florida (Esther Rolle); and their three children J.J. (Jimmie Walker), Michael (Ralph Carter) and Thelma (Bern Nadette Stanis). Viewers tuned in every week to watch the struggles and joys of this African American family living in the Chicago projects.

6. tvone.tv › videos › bern-nadette-stanis-reflects-onBern Nadette Stanis Reflects on Evolution of Thelma | Good ...

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   Bern Nadette Stanis Reflects on the Evolution of Thelma | Good Times 50: Still Golden. Bern Nadette Stanis certainly opened the door for generations of Black actresses who followed in her footsteps. But, being the first, isn’t always easy. In a digital-exclusive interview with TV One, she shares how her on-screen mom, the late Esther Rolle ...

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   Jan 1, 2022 · Thelma was played by Bern Nadette Stanis during the series' six seasons from 1974 to 1979, and the character was the first Black teenage girl on a sitcom. Stanis remains best known for playing Thelma, but she has continued acting over the years, including appearances on several popular TV shows. She's also gone on to write books and has ...

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8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0590942"Good Times" Thelma's African Romance: Part 2 (TV Episode ...

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   Thelma's African Romance: Part 2: Directed by Gerren Keith. With Esther Rolle, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis. When Thelma announces she plans to move in with Ibe at college, Florida emphatically says no. Ibe then asks Thelma to marry him and move to Nigeria with him. She accepts, but then finds out that Ibe believes in polygamy.

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   5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Bio. 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.