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02/18/2020

Did you know that Ja’Net DuBois aka “Wilona from Good Times”was Jet Magazine’s Beauty of the Week on March 24, 1960? Rest In Power ❤️

02/18/2020

Ja’Net Dubois
Singer, Dancer, Actress, Glamour Icon
August 5, 1945 - February 18, 2020

Born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City or in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (sources differ), the daughter of Lillian Dubois, DuBois was raised in Amityville, New York, on Long Island. She began her acting career in theater during the early 1960s, appearing in Broadway's Golden Boy with Sammy Davis Jr. and Louis Gossett Jr. in 1956. DuBois's early television acting credits include the 1969 television movie J.T. and the long–television soap opera Love of Life, on which her 1970–1972 role as Loretta Allen made her the first African–American female as a regular cast-member on a daytime serial. In 1970, DuBois appeared in her first film, playing Vera in Diary of a Mad Housewife.

In 1995, DuBois won a CableAce award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Lifetime movie Other Women’s Children.[16] In 2000, DuBois served as Grand Marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in Amityville, New York. She won two Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs (1999). DuBois with the cast of Good Times received The Impact Icon Award at the 2006 TV Land Awards.

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02/18/2020

She was an amazing actress and a Black Glamour icon. 💕

"Good Times" actress Ja'net DuBois dead at 74.

05/21/2019

Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Fela Kuti, and Jean-Michele Basquiat in a photo taken by Andy Warhol - NYC c. 1986

*dies a million deaths*

03/20/2019

LoL

03/09/2019

Spring will get here when it gets here! Although, the weather in NYC today was absolutely lovely! How's the weather in your neck of the woods?

03/03/2019

“I didn’t want to be the good black Parisian."

03/03/2019

This might not sit well with some folks.

Its title—'The Negro'—seemed innocuous enough. But the revolutionary civil-rights leader intended it to invoke a much harsher meaning.

02/18/2019

As some of you know, iconic fashion and lifestyle guru, B. Smith has dementia and her husband’s girlfriend stays with them ... 😒 Well, Bravo allegedly green-lighted a reality show about B., her husband Dan, and his girlfriend, Alex the Waitress. Outside of the obvious reasons many find this upsetting, is concerned about consent. How can B. Smith consent to participating if she has dementia? Also, is this how a lady, synonymous with class and elegance, should spend the last chapter of her life? Disrespected and exploited? Please sign the petition and share. Next, we’ll go after Bravo’s advertisers.

Say NO to B. Smith Reality Show

02/14/2019

❤️“Paid In Love” Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
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