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Bern Nadette Stanis

Actress / Author | * 12/22/1953 (70) | Brooklyn (United States of America (USA))
Bernnadette Stanis, also billed as Bern Nadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, December 22, 1953), is an American actress and author. Stanis is best known for her role as Thelma Evans, the only daughter of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS sitcom Good Times which originally ran from 1974 to 1979. Stanis is the author of four books: Situations 101: Relationships, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; For Men Only; Situations 101: Finances; and The Last Night. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Romance / Love
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Movies with Bern Nadette Stanis as Actress(7)

as Grace2023 A Christmas Blessing
as Aunt Thelma2023 CHAAW: Chapter 1
as Rose Lane2021 Dreams from the Edge
as Nina's Mother2016 No Regrets
as Jackson's lawyer2000 Hidden Blessings

TV Shows/Series with Bern Nadette Stanis as Actress(5)

as Thelma Evans1995 The Wayans Bros.
as Thelma Evans1974 Good Times

Born: Tuesday, 12/22 1953 (December) in Brooklyn (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 70 years + 98 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Erasmus Hall High School
Other names for Bern Nadette Stanis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"BernNadette Stanis"
"Bernadette Stanis"
"Bernnadette Stanis"
"Bernadette Stanislaus"
Bern Nadette Stanis frequently works together with these people:
William Pierce (5x, Crew)
Bill Cosby (4x, Actor)
Robert Townsend (4x, Actor)
Johnny Brown (4x, Actor)
Mara Brock Akil (4x, Crew)
Eric Monte (4x, Crew)
Jimmy Kimmel (3x, Actor)
Gerren Keith (3x, Crew)
Norman Lear (3x, Crew)
Beverly Johnson (3x, Actress)
Richard Lawson (3x, Actor)
Carmen Finestra (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:94637, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024