Bern Nadette Stanis

Known for ActingBorn 1953-12-22 (age 72)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Carl Weber's The Family Business

Hidden Blessings

The Family Business: New Orleans

Good Times

No Regrets

Girlfriends

The Parent 'Hood

The Wayans Bros.

The Cosby Show

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

Good Times

The Love Boat

The Engagement: My Phamily BBQ 2

N-Secure

Still 'Bout It

Once in a Valentine

Sherri

A Christmas Blessing

CHAAW: Chapter 1

Dreams from the Edge

The Therapy Sessions