Ja'Net DuBois
American actress (1932–2020)
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- Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois , Ja'net DuBois , and Ja'Net Du Bois ( ), was an American actress and singer.
- DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for The Jeffersons , which aired from 1975 until 1985.
- Biography Early life and career DuBois was born Jeannette Theresa Dubois in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- In the early 1960s, DuBois moved to Brooklyn and began her acting career onstage, making her Broadway debut with a small role in the short-lived play The Long Dream , which ran for four days in February 1960.
- , though not the original Broadway production.
Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), 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. DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985. 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 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Lillian Gouedy (1910–1984) and Gordon Adelbert Dubois (1915–1960) and was raised in Amityville, New York, on Long Island.
In the early 1960s, DuBois moved to Brooklyn and began her acting career onstage, making her Broadway debut with a small role in the short-lived play The Long Dream, which ran for four days in February 1960. She appeared in the drama A Raisin in the Sun with Louis Gossett Jr., though not the original Broadway production. 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. 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.
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