American singer, actress, director, and producer
Chip Fields
is an American singer, actress, television director, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and
Broadway theatre
. She is best known for portraying Linella Gordon, the
abusive
birth mother of
Penny Gordon Woods
(played by
Janet Jackson
), in a four?episode story arc (1977) of the 1970s sitcom
Good Times
.
Early life and career
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Fields was born in New York to Patsy, her Jamaican mother and an African-American father.
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Fields began her career as a singer. She joined
Ronnie Spector
as a
Ronette
in 1973 and recorded two singles for
Buddah Records
.
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Fields began her acting career as an extra in the 1974 film
Claudine
. She has had numerous supporting roles and guest appearances on television. She played an unwed mother opposite Patty Weaver in the NBC television soap opera,
Days of Our Lives
. Also during the 1970s, she played the abusive birth mother of Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods (
Janet Jackson
) on the sitcom
Good Times
.
From 1978 to 1979, she played Rita Conway in the short-lived
The Amazing Spider-Man
TV series
. Rita Conway was
J. Jonah Jameson
's secretary, the same function as the black
Glory Grant
from the 1970s comics. She also appeared in
What's Happening!!
,
Hill Street Blues
,
T. J. Hooker
,
Roc
,
Kirk
(a short-lived sitcom starring
Kirk Cameron
),
The Wayans Bros.
, and
The Parkers
. She played the role of "Laverne", mother to the character "Regine" (played by her real-life daughter) on
Living Single
.
Fields was a consultant for
The Parkers
,
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
,
Living Single
, and was a dialogue coach for the film,
Menace II Society
. She also directed episodes of the popular
UPN
sitcoms,
One on One
,
All of Us
,
Girlfriends
,
The Parkers
, as well as episodes of
Romeo!
,
Just Jordan
,
Hannah Montana
,
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
and
Meet the Browns
.
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Discography
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- 1973 (as Ronnie and the Ronettes) ? "Go Out and Get It" b/w "Lover, Lover" (Buddha 384)
- 1974 (as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes) ? "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" b/w "I Wonder What He's Doing" (Buddha 408)
Filmography
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Acting
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Film
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Television
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Year
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Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
Ref.
|
1974
|
Change at 125th Street
|
Harriet Morse
|
Made-for-TV movie directed by
Bob LaHendro
and
Michael Schultz
|
[8]
|
1975
|
Police Story
|
Girl in Bar
|
Episode: "Face for a Shadow" (S 3:Ep 6)
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1976
|
Good Times
|
Rochelle
|
Episode: "J.J.'s New Career, part 2" (S 4:Ep 8)
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1977
|
Rhoda
|
Nurse Franklin
|
Episode: "A Night in the Emergency Room" (S 3:Ep 16)
|
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Days of Our Lives
|
Toni Johnson
|
Episode: "Episode #1.2962" (S 12:Ep 962)
|
|
What's Happening!!
|
Norma
|
Episode: "From Here to Maternity" (S 1:Ep 21)
|
|
Good Times
|
Lynetta Gordon
|
Season 5, episodes 1?4
|
|
What's Happening!!
|
Donna
|
Episode: "Give Me Odds" (S 2:Ep 8)
|
|
Freeman
|
Osa Lee
|
Made-for-TV movie directed by
Lloyd Richards
.
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1978
|
Barnaby Jones
|
Kelly Johnson
|
Episode: "A Ransom in Diamonds" (S 6:Ep 16)
|
|
Battered
|
Ginny Sinclair
|
Made-for-TV-Movie directed by
Peter Werner
.
|
[9]
|
1978?79
|
The Amazing Spider-Man
|
Rita Conway
|
Recurring
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1979
|
What's Happening!!
|
Donna
|
Episode: "Food Poisoning" (S 3:Ep 16)
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Good Times
|
Linella Gordon
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Episode: "A Matter of Mothers" (S 6:Ep 21)
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1980
|
The Night the City Screamed
|
Yvonne Clements
|
Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Harry Falk.
|
[10]
|
1982
|
Hill Street Blues
|
Mrs. Halloran
|
Episode: "The Shooter" (S 2:Ep 17)
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The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
|
Louise
|
Made-for-TV movie directed by
Asaad Kelada
.
|
[11]
|
1984
|
T. J. Hooker
|
Carolyn Webster
|
Episode: "Anatomy of a Killing" (S 4:Ep 5)
|
|
The Facts of Life
|
Diane Ramsey
|
Episode: "Mother and Daughter" (S 5:Ep 21)
|
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1986
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Episode: "The Graduate" (S 7:Ep 23)
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1992
|
Roc
|
Ms. Wilson
|
Episode: " No Notes Is Good Notes" (S 1:Ep 16)
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1993
|
Where I Live
|
Bonita
|
Episode: "The Terminator" (S 1:Ep 13)
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Living Single
|
Bar Patron
|
Episode: "Living Kringle" (S 1:Ep 15)
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1994
|
Bev
|
Episode: "The Hand That Robs the Cradle" (S 1:Ep 17)
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|
Laverne Hunter
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Episode: "She Ain't Heavy, She My Mother" (S 1:Ep 26)
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1995
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Episode: "To Grandmother's House We Go" (S 2:Ep 25)
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Episode: "Talk Showdown" (S 2:Ep 26)
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Episode: "Come Back Little Diva" (S 3:Ep 1)
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Episode: "Rags to Riches" (S 3:Ep 5)
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1996
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Kirk
|
Nurse
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Episode" Operation Kirk" (S 1:Ep 20)
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Living Single
|
Laverne Hunter
|
Episode: "Compromising Positions" (S 3:Ep 26)
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1997
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Episode: "Mother Inferior" (S 4:Ep 13)
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Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye" (S 4:Ep 24)
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Woman
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Episode: "Up the Ladder Through the Roof" (S 5:Ep 6)
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Laverne Hunter
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Episode: "Three Men and a Buckeye" (S 5:Ep 8)
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1998
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The Wayans Bros.
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Susan Sparks
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Episode: "Escorting Ain't Easy" (S 5:Ep 6)
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2000
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The Parkers
|
Wilma McCoy
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Episode: "Turkey Day Blues" (S 2:Ep 10)
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2007
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Just Jordan
|
Gert
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Episode: "Fist of Funny" (S 1:Ep 8)
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Production
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Film
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Television
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References
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- ^
Clemente, John (2013).
Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World
. AuthorHouse. p. 408.
ISBN
978-1-4772-7633-4
.
- ^
"Chip Fields Filmography"
. Movies & TV Dept.
The New York Times
. 2012. Archived from
the original
on November 4, 2012
. Retrieved
June 30,
2011
.
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"Claudine"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"The Happy Hooker"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"Blue Collar"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"The Lady in Red"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"Woman Thou Art Loosed"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
- ^
"Change at 125th Street"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
- ^
"Battered"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"The Night the City Screamed"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"The Facts of Life Goes to Paris"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"Menace II Society"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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"Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
March 15,
2016
.
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