Bern Nadette Stanis
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-12-22 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
The Love Boat
as Janet Reeves
The Cosby Show
as Carolyn Thompson
Girlfriends
as Self
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Good Times
as Thelma Evans
Carl Weber's The Family Business
as Nee Nee Duncan
The Wayans Bros.
as Thelma Evans
The Parent 'Hood
Good Times
as Peaches (voice)
N-Secure
as Dr. Heather
The Family Business: New Orleans
as Nee Nee Duncan
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Self
No Regrets
as Nina's Mother
Once in a Valentine
The Therapy Sessions
CHAAW: Chapter 1
as Aunt Thelma
Hidden Blessings
as Jackson's lawyer
Still 'Bout It
as Aunt Tee Dee
Dreams from the Edge
as Rose Lane
