Ja'net Du Bois

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Ja'net Du Bois (pronounced "Ja-NAY Doo-BWAH") (August 5, 1945) is an African American film and television actress.

Ja'net Du Bois is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking, gossip haven Willona Woods on the 1970s’ sitcom "Good Times". Du Bois also co-wrote and sang the theme song of the long-running sitcom "The Jeffersons", and has appeared in a number of other television programs (usually as a guest star), most notably as Juanita, an old flame of Fred Sanford's in an early 1972 episode of "Sanford and Son" (this appearance got her noticed by Norman Lear, and led to her being cast in "Good Times"), and in films.

She co-starred in the movie "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and the sitcoms "Moesha" and "The Steve Harvey Show". She played the grandmother on the hit show "The Wayans Bros.". She appeared in the 2003 movie "". Among her other credits, she appeared in the 1969 made-for-TV holiday film "J.T.".

Du Bois won an Emmy Award for her work on the TV movie "Other Women's Children" based on the novel by Perri Klass, as well as two Emmys for her voiceover work on the animated program "The PJs".

She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

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