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Ja'net DuBois was born on August 5, 1945 and is 78 years old now.
Birthday: August 5, 1945
How Old - Age: 78
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Ja'net DuBois - Biography
Jeannette "Ja'net" Dubois (also billed as Ja'net Du Bois) (/dʒɑːnˈeɪ djbwˈɑː/; born August 5, 1945) is an American actress and singer. Dubois is best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods on the 1970s sitcom Good Times. She also co-wrote and sang the theme song of the sitcom, The Jeffersons.
Television producer Norman Lear saw DuBois in Lanford Wilson's play The Hot l Baltimore at the Mark Taper Forum, which led to her being cast in the 1974–1979 CBS comedy series Good Times. DuBois recorded the album Again, Ja'Net DuBois, on her Peanuts and Caviar label, in 1983. DuBois appeared in former Good Times co-star Janet Jackson's 1987 "Control" music video as her mother. In 1992, she co-starred with Clifton Davis in And I Still Rise, a play written and directed by Maya Angelou. She co-starred in the films I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and on television in Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, A Different World, and The Wayans Bros.
In 1995, DuBois won a CableAce award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Lifetime movie Other Women’s Children. In 2000, DuBois served as Grand Marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in Amityville, New York. She won two Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs (1999). DuBois with the cast of Good Times received The Impact Icon Award at the 2006 TV Land Awards.
DuBois has had at least two children: Rani Dubois, and Raj Kristo Gupta, who died of cancer in 1987 at age 36. Rani appeared on an episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening!!.
