Esther Rolle Evans, Florida
Beginning in 1964 with the film Nothing But a Man as a Churchwoman, Esther Rolle was a busy actor in cinema, television, and theater appearing in many films. Complications with diabetes caused her to act right up to her death on November 17, 1998, at age 78. For her role as Florida, Rolle was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy and also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series in the TV movie Summer of My German Soldier Ruth.
Other noteworthy movie roles Rolle did were Driving Miss Daisy as Idella and Down in the Delta as Annie Sinclair. Other TV roles are Julia in Flamingo Road and Sarah Patterson in Singer & Sons.
Good Times Supporting Cast and Characters
Raymond Allen, who passed away on August 10, 2020, at 91 from a respiratory disease, portrayed Ned the Wino, a neighborhood alcoholic who hangs out close to the Evans' house and is typically taken care of by the family. Though Allen performed Merl the Earl in the 1970s cop drama Starsky and Hutch and Six Bits in the movie Darktown Strutters, his most well-known performance is Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson in Sanford and Son.
Moses Gunn as Carl Dixon: Shop owner Carl Dixon develops feelings for Florida and the two finally get married at the end of season 4, before both performers depart the program. At age 64, Moses Gunn—who portrayed Carl—died on December 16, 1993, from problems related to asthma. Gunn worked for a long time. In TV, he most famously portrayed Joe Kagan in Little House on the Prairie and Jebediah Nightlinger in The Cowboys. He starred in movies as Booker T. Washinton in Ragtime and Cairon in The NeverEnding Story.
J'Net DuBois As Willona Woods
Actor Ja'Net DuBois died in her home from heart arrest at the age of 88 on February 17, 2020. DuBois had a long career in television and movies before her death; she even won two Emmys for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for her Mrs. Florence Avery character in the adult stop-motion series The PJs. She also made noteworthy television appearances as Dottie and Home Improvement's Carol and guest in Everybody Loves Raymond. DuBois's films credit Momma Bosley in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Nellie Bond in A Piece of the Action.
Notable Television Shows & Movies:
Title: Title; Function
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A Piece of the Action ( 1977 ) Nellie Bond
The PJs 1999–2001 | Mrs. Florence Avery
Full Throttle (2003) | Momma Bosley, Charlie's Angel
Good Times: An Introduction
The sitcom Good Times tracks the Evans family negotiating life in a Chicago housing project. Under financial difficulties, the family—led by parents James and Florida—works to preserve hope and the family intact. Though a lot has changed during the six-season run of Good Times, it is still a classic because of its examination of Black life in America in the 1970s.
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Johnny Brown, Nathan Bookman
Though his most famous work was Good Times, Johnny Brown forged a career in modest and one-off television and movie appearances. At 84, he has featured in more than 50 shows before dying on March 2, 2022. Brown Cast Wallace Jones in Man in the Mirror and Grandad in In da Cut. His TV credits include regular appearances in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, voicing different characters in Alvin & the Chipmunks, and playing Uncle Louie in two episodes of Kenan & Kel. He possessed very great singing ability.
Notable films and TV shows:
Title: Title; Function
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1999 Kenan and Kel | Uncle Louie
Man in the Mirror (2008) Wallace Jones
In da Cut (2013) | Grandad
Ben Powers, acting as Keith Anderson
Actor: Alton Adelsbert Though he only had a few jobs to his name, "Ben" Powers, who passed away on April 6, 2015, from liver cancer, worked steadily during the decade he was involved in the business. Al in The Man Who Loved Women, The Pimp in Things Are Tough All Over, and a man on welfare in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie comprise Powers' scant cinematic credits. He starred in six Laugh-in episodes and as the recurrent Moochie in The New Mike Hammer, therefore having a far more active TV career.
Notable TV Shows and Movies:
Title: Title; Function
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The Greatest American Hero (1982) Ivan
Man Who Loved Women (1983) | Al
The New Mike Hammer (1984–1985) | Moochie
