Bern Nadette Stanis
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. Thelma/BernNadette and the Evans family also proved many stereotypes wrong about the ghetto and the young black girl, such as that all black girls and black families in the ghetto had no hopes, dreams, or class. Thelma showed that a "ghetto girl" had hopes and dreams, intelligence, respect, dignity and grace, and it wasn't just acting--BernNadette was that naturally. She introduced a new definitive image of the young black girl and woman.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as HerselfLive performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the...
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N-Secure
as Dr. HeatherN-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among...
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No Regrets
as Nina's MotherThis film is a romantic comedy about a stewardess (Calhoun), who after 12 years of dating...
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CHAAW: Chapter 1
as Aunt ThelmaA Celebration of Hip Hop through beatboxing and unique storytelling by the Legendary Biz Markie...
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Hidden Blessings
as Jackson's lawyerA romantic suspense thriller and a classic who-dun-it about a relentless female detective (Cynda...
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Dreams from the Edge
as Rose LaneDREAMS FROM THE EDGE is a film about a young girl auditioning in Hollywood and trying to be in...
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A Christmas Blessing
as GraceA grandmother fakes her illness during the Christmas holiday to make her granddaughter and...
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The Engagement: My Phamily BBQ 2
as uncreditedComedy - A Jewish-American/African-American couple gives their respective families the shock of...
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The Love Boat
as Janet ReevesPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Cosby Show
as uncreditedThe Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...
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The Wayans Bros.
as Thelma EvansThe Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The...
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The Parent 'Hood
as uncreditedThe Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July...
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Carl Weber's The Family Business
as Nee Nee DuncanMeet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family;...
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Girlfriends
as uncreditedThe series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of...
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Good Times
as Peaches (voice)In this edgy, irreverent reimagining of the TV classic, a new generation of the Evans family...
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Good Times
as Thelma EvansGood Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...
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