'Good Times' Star Ja'net DuBois Dead at Age 74
Iconic 70s TV Star Dead at Age 74
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By Amanda Thomason
Published February 18, 2020 at 5:49pm
Actress Ja’net DuBois, probably best known for her time on the show “Good Times,” has died at the age of 74.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on Aug. 5, 1945, DuBois was living in Glendale, California, at the time of her death. While it is unclear who found her, sources told TMZ that she “died unexpectedly in her sleep.”
An actress on the stage, in movies and on television, as well as a singer, songwriter and painter, DuBois had a hand in a variety of mediums. According to IMDb, she started her career on Broadway alongside other big names like Sammy Davis Jr.
She wrote and sang “Movin’ On Up,” which many will recognize as the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” and she also did some voiceover work in addition to her many television and film roles.
DuBois won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, one in 1999 and one in 2001 for her work on “The PJs,” an animated TV show where she played a character named “Mrs. Avery.”
In 1992, she co-founded the PAFF (Pan African Film Festival), which, according to its Facebook page, is “a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression.”
Poster Comment:
I watched Good Times just to see what it was like on the other side of the tracks.