Powers joined the cast of Good Times during the show's sixth and final season, when the character of Keith was introduced as a former football player and Thelma's love interest. And even 40 years after leaving television, MTO News learned that she still looks as gorgeous as ever. BernNadette Stanis, known as Thelma from Good Times, visits Fort Benning. Now wait a minute, we can't talk about where 'Mad Dog' is now, without reminiscing about where he's been. In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. He has dedicated his life to his family, raising five kids from two different women. Ben Powers, who played Thelma's ( BernNadette Stanis) husband Keith Anderson on the final season of the 1970s CBS sitcom Good Times, has died. on the '70s sitcom 'Good Times,' sat down recently for a tell-all interview where he served up the scoop on antics that went on behind the scenes. John Amos Details Being Fired From 'Good Times'. BernNadette Stanis, who played Thelma Evans Anderson on 'Good Times' and remained close to DuBois, said she learned of her death Tuesday from the actress' daughter.

Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. BerNadette Stanis is better known for her role as Thelma-Anne Evans Anderson, the third child of the Evans family in the '70s sitcom 'Good Times.' The actress is already in her mid-sixties and is looking better than ever. Yes, she was one fly chick! American actors John Amos as James Evans. ABC's Live In Front Of A Studio Audience remake of the beloved sitcoms All In the Family and Good Times airs tonight, December 18 at 8 p.m. Upon seeing them as an adult, I can't remember what was soooo funny about them.

Powers' character was the football player husband of Thelma Evans (BerNadette Stanis) from 1978 to 1979.'My condolences goes out to the family of Ben Powers who past a few days ago,' Stanis wrote.

At 16, Thelma was the first African American teenage girl character on television (although BernNadette was 20 when the show debuted.Stanis earned hearts all over the nation back in the. Just as the show was ground-breaking, Thelma was as well. As BernNadette Stanis, she became known for her role as Thelma Anne Evans on Good Times, the stereotype-breaking sitcom that featured a black family living in the projects. Esther Rolle, her costar, suggested “Stanis”. She chose her stage name of BernNadette because she imagined that having the capital N in the middle would make her name fancier, and she was told that she needed to use a shorter last name. Maude itself was a spinoff of the show that made Lear famous, All In The Family.īernadette Stanislaus ended up improvising during her Good Times audition and her career began. The show, of course, was Good Times, which was a spinoff of an existing successful show Lear had created - Maude. While at one of the pageants, Norman Lear spotted her and approached her mother to convince her to get young Bernadette to audition for his new show, which she did.

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