Bern Nadette Stanis
December 22, 1953 (71 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
BernNadette Stanis is best known as Thelma from Good Times (1974), but there's much more to her than that. In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became TV's first black sex symbol or "It" girl. Thelma/BernNadette and the Evans family also proved many stereotypes wrong about the ghetto and the young black girl, such as that all black girls and black families in the ghetto had no hopes, dreams, or class. Thelma showed that a "ghetto girl" had hopes and dreams, intelligence, respect, dignity and grace, and it wasn't just acting--BernNadette was that naturally. She introduced a new definitive image of the young black girl and woman.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Once in a Valentine as
- 2024 · Good Times as Peaches (voice)
- 2023 · A Christmas Blessing as Grace
- 2023 · CHAAW: Chapter 1 as Aunt Thelma
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Dreams from the Edge as Rose Lane
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Self
- 2018 · Carl Weber's The Family Business as Nee Nee Duncan
- 2016 · No Regrets as Nina's Mother
- 2010 · N-Secure as Dr. Heather
- 2006 · The Engagement: My Phamily BBQ 2 as
- 2000 · Girlfriends as
- 2000 · Hidden Blessings as Jackson's lawyer
- 1995 · The Parent 'Hood as
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Thelma Evans
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Carolyn Thompson
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Janet Reeves
- 1974 · Good Times as Thelma Evans
- Future · Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans as
- Future · The Therapy Sessions as