Editing Ja'Net DuBois

{{Short description|American actress (d. 2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ja'Net DuBois
| image              = Ja'net DuBois, Good Times 1976.JPG
| caption            = DuBois as Willona Woods on the television series ''[[Good Times]]'', 1976
| birth_name         = Jeannette Theresa Dubois
| birth_date         = August 5, 1932<!-- Do not add an unsourced birth year. DuBois has three possible birth dates, which are disputed, so otherwise, do not add any unsourced birth dates. -->
| birth_place        = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date|2020|2|17}}
| death_place        = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active       = 1960–2019
| children           = 4
| spouse             = Sajit Gupta<br />(m. 1950–?; divorced)
| known_for          = Willona Woods – ''[[Good Times]]''<br /> Ma Bell – ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''<br /> Ms. Avery – ''[[The PJs]]''
}}
'''Jeannette Theresa Dubois''' (August 5{{Efn|DuBois' year of birth is disputed. Sources state 1938<ref name=tvg>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/janet-dubois/241184/|title=Ja'Net Du Bois|magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date= March 6, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031816/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/janet-dubois/241184/}}</ref><ref name="Windsor 2006">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bs9QyWjpVgC&q=ja%27net+dubois+1938&pg=PT357 |title=On This Day: Daily Inspiration for the History Buff, the Trivia Lover, and the Innately Curious|first=Carl D. |last=Windsor|publisher=Howard Books| year=2006|isbn=978-1-58229-654-8}}</ref> and 1945<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield Publishers">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois+1945&pg=PA142 |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |chapter= DUBOIS, JA'NET (1945–&nbsp;)|first1= S. Torriano |last1=Berry |first2=Venise T. |last2=Berry | edition=2| page=142|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | year=2015|isbn=978-1-4422-4702-4 |quote= This native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...}}</ref><ref name=LoBrutto>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMVADwAAQBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois&pg=RA1-PA39 |title=TV in the USA: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|first=Vincent |last=LoBrutto|publisher=Greenwood |year= 2018|isbn=978-1-4408-2972-7|page=39|chapter=''Good Times''|quote=...Ja'net DuBois (1945–&nbsp;)...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqBEv49Ygy0C&dq=ja%27net+dubois+1945&pg=PT703|title=Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World|first=Retha |last=Powers|publisher=Little, Brown| year=2013|isbn=9780316250689}}</ref> as years of birth.|group=note}} – February 17, 2020), known professionally as '''Ja'Net DuBois''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvone.tv/4248/ja-net-dubois/|title=Ja'Net DuBois|date=August 15, 2012|publisher=[[TV One (U.S. TV network)|TV One]]|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027050315/http://tvone.tv/4248/ja-net-dubois/|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Ja'net DuBois''',<ref name=LoBrutto /> and '''Ja'Net Du Bois'''<ref name=tvg /><ref name="Encyclopedia" />{{refn|Capitalization of "n" in first name is uncertain in ''[[Good Times]]'' title card, which credits her in capital letters "JA'NET du BOIS". Last name is given as two words, with "du" lowercase.|group=n|name=stagename}} ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|ə|ˈ|n|eɪ|_|d|uː|ˈ|b|w|ɑ:}}), was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her portrayal of [[Willona Woods]], the neighborhood gossip maven and a friend of the Evans family on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Good Times]]'', which aired from 1974 to 1979.<ref>Foxx, Redd; Norma Miller, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YTfYAAAAMAAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois "Ja'Net DuBois"], ''The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor'', W. Ritchie Press, 1977, p. 225. Retrieved March 14, 2020.</ref> DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', which aired from 1975 until 1985.<ref name=JET>{{cite magazine|date=June 1, 1992|title=TV Actress Ja'Net DuBois To Appear On 'Arsenio'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrkDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA60|magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|volume=82|issue=6|page=60|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> After beginning her career on the stage in the early 1960s, DuBois appeared on television shows and in films into the mid-2010s.

== Biography ==
=== Early life and career ===
DuBois was born Jeannette Theresa Dubois in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="DOD20"/> She was the daughter of Lillian Gouedy (1910–1984) and Gordon Adelbert Dubois (1915–1960)<ref name="GOR">{{Cite web |publisher=FamilySearch |url= https://imgur.com/jSUtVFN |via=Imgur|title=U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 for Gordon Adelbert Dubois|date=1940–1947}}</ref><ref name=JET /> and was raised in [[Amityville, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/new-jersey-opinion-people-rookie-who-looks-good.html|title=People: Rookie Who Looks Good|first=Lawrence|last=Van Gelder|author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date= September 19, 1976|access-date=January 28, 2020}} (abstract of page on subscription site)</ref>

In the early 1960s, DuBois moved to [[Brooklyn]]<ref name="DOD20"/> and began her acting career onstage, making her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut with a small role in the short-lived play ''The Long Dream'', which ran for four days in February 1960.<ref name=IBDB-DuBois>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jeannette-dubois-108302|title=Jeannette DuBois|publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> She appeared in the drama ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' with [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], though not the original Broadway production.<ref name=IBDB-DuBois /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/a-raisin-in-the-sun-2083|title=''A Raisin in the Sun''|publisher= Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagocrusader.com/good-times-actress-janet-dubois-dies/ |newspaper=[[The Chicago Crusader]]|title='Good Times' actress Ja'Net Dubois Dies|date=February 20, 2020| access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> After appearing in the play ''[[The Blacks (play)|The Blacks]]'' in October 1963, she became an understudy for the housekeeper role, portrayed by Gertrude Jeannette, in the comedy ''[[Nobody Loves an Albatross]]'', which ran through June 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New York Beat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cEDAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA63|magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |date=February 13, 1964|page=63 |volume=XXV |number=17 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 24, 2020 |via=[[Google Books]]|quote=Jeanette DuBois, who joined the cast of ''The Blacks'' last October and soon thereafter won the understudy slot to the housekeeper in the comedy hit ''Nobody Loves an Albatross''...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nobody-loves-an-albatross-3050#OpeningNightCast|title=''Nobody Loves an Albatross'' Opening-Night Cast|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name=IBDBGoldenBoy>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220#OpeningNightCast|title= ''Golden Boy'' Opening Night Cast|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191014223905/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=EB64>{{cite magazine |title=Negros on Broadway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VBKHwdFYAUC&q=jeannette+dubois&pg=PT192|magazine=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] |date=April 1, 1964|page=63 |volume=XIX |number=6 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 26, 2020 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> DuBois next appeared in the Broadway musical ''[[Golden Boy (musical)|Golden Boy]]'' with [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], [[Billy Daniels]], [[Lola Falana]] and [[Johnny Brown (actor)|Johnny Brown]]. DuBois portrayed Anna, the sister of Davis's character, through the entire original run from October 1964 to March 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220|title=''Golden Boy''|publisher=Internet Broadway Database| access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Why Can't Negro Male Star Win White Girl In End? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsADAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA61 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |date=November 27, 1964|page=64 |volume=XXVII |number=8 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 24, 2020 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

=== Career ===
DuBois's early television acting credits include the 1969 television film ''J.T.'' and as Loretta Allen on the soap opera ''[[Love of Life]]'' from 1970 until 1972, becoming one of the first African-American female regular cast members on a daytime series. DuBois's first film appearance was her portrayal of Vera in ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]'' (1970). She landed the role of Stormy Monday in the 1973 comedy ''[[Five on the Black Hand Side]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/26/archives/film-black-hand-sidestages-brooks-family-arrives-on-screen-the-cast.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Film: 'Black Hand Side': Stage's Brooks Family Arrives on Screen The Cast|first=A.H.|last=Weiler|date=October 26, 1973|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> and appeared in [[Lanford Wilson]]'s play ''[[The Hot l Baltimore]]'' that same year.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

During her time in the play, television producer [[Norman Lear]] watched DuBois on stage at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] and was impressed with her performance. He cast her in his CBS sitcom ''[[Good Times]]'' as Wilona Woods, the Evanses' neighbor and best friend of family matriarch Florida Evans, portrayed by [[Esther Rolle]].<ref name="Eped">{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Sean|title=The Sitcoms of Norman Lear|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xH_WwdzDyngC&q=the+hot+l+baltimore+play+ja%27net+dubois&pg=PA98|chapter=Good Times (1974–1979)|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|pages=98|isbn=978-1-4766-0255-4|access-date=February 26, 2020|date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> DuBois appeared in the show from February 1974 until the show ended in August 1979.<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite book|last=McCann|first=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=Ja%27Net+Dubois+Touched+by+an+Angel&pg=PA103|chapter=Du Bois, Ja'Net|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|pages=103–04|isbn=978-0-7864-5804-2|access-date=April 19, 2015|quote=Jeannette Dubois, better known as Ja'Net Du Bois (Ja-''Nay'' Doo-''Bwah'')...|date=December 21, 2009}}</ref> DuBois began the show as a costar alongside Rolle and [[John Amos]] (who departed the show in 1976). In 1977, DuBois's role became more prominent during the fifth season after Rolle had left the cast. DuBois returned to her costarring role when Rolle returned in the sixth and final season in 1978.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/02/18/good-times-star-janet-dubois-dies-at-74/ Forbes, 'Good Times' Star Ja'net DuBois Dies at 74, Feb 18, 2020].Retrieved February 26, 2020.</ref>

After ''Good Times'' ended in 1979, DuBois recorded the album ''Again, Ja'Net DuBois'' on her Peanuts and Caviar label in 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kEDAAAAMBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois&pg=PA53 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]| date=May 16, 1983 |page=53|volume=64|issue=10 |title= Celebrity Beat – New York to Hollywood|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref> She appeared in former ''Good Times'' co-star [[Janet Jackson]]'s 1987 "[[Control (Janet Jackson song)|Control]]" music video as her mother. In 1992, she costarred with [[Clifton Davis]] in ''And I Still Rise'', a play written and directed by [[Maya Angelou]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 7, 1992|title=Actor Clifton Davis Stars in Maya Angelou's New Musical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MEDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA60|magazine=Jet|volume=82|issue=20|page=60|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> DuBois 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]]'', ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' and ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]''

=== Other ventures and accolades ===
During the 1980s, DuBois operated the Ja'net DuBois Academy of Theater Arts and Sciences, a performing arts school for teenagers on Long Island, New York.<ref name=cancer /> In 1992, DuBois, [[Danny Glover]] and Ayuko Babu cofounded the [[Pan African Film Festival|Pan African Film & Arts Festival]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.paff.org/2019highlights/ |title=2019 Highlights|publisher=[[Pan African Film Festival|Pan African Film & Arts Festival]]|date=2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191102015859/https://www.paff.org/2019highlights/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pan-african-film-festival-curtain-raiser-20180207-story.html|title=The Pan African Film Festival aims to correct misconceptions about African and Caribbean countries|first=Sonaiya|last=Kelley|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191102015857/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pan-african-film-festival-curtain-raiser-20180207-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, DuBois won a [[CableACE award]] for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Lifetime film ''Other Women's Children''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz0DAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27Net+DuBois&pg=PA40 |title=Ja'net DuBois, Chris Rock win CableAce Awards |date=February 6, 1995|magazine=Jet| volume=87 |issue=13|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }}</ref> DuBois won [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Awards]] for her voiceover work on the animated program ''[[The PJs]]'' in 1999 and 2001. DuBois, along with the other cast members of ''Good Times'', received the Impact Icon Award at the 2006 [[TV Land Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDsDAAAAMBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois+tv+land+award&pg=PA31 |title=Where Is... The Cast of 'Good Times'?|magazine=Jet|date= January 28, 2008| volume=113|issue=3|first=Margena A.|last=Christian|page=31}}</ref> In 2000, DuBois served as grand marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in [[Amityville, New York]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 31, 2000|title=Newsmakers|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RrUDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA32|page=32|magazine=Jet|volume=98|issue=8|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref> DuBois was an honorary member of the [[Zeta Phi Beta]] sorority.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.zphib1920.org/heritage/notable_zetas.html|title=Heritage: Notable Zetas > Entertainment|publisher=Zeta Phi Beta Sorority International Website|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718120550/http://www.zphib1920.org/heritage/notable_zetas.html|url-status=dead|access-date= February 24, 2020}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
DuBois married Sajit Gupta in 1950.<ref name="JDMarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/sajit_gupta#col_a_10540|title=Sajit Gupta|publisher=New York City Marriages, 1950–2017|via=[[MyHeritage]]|access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200224012512/https://www.myheritage.com/names/sajit_gupta%23col_a_10540|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date = November 2024}} According to her Brazilian consular document, DuBois was divorced from Gupta by April 1959,<ref name="HEA">{{cite magazine |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/02/janet-dubois-death/ |magazine=[[Heavy.com|Heavy]] |department=Entertainment |title=Ja'Net DuBois Dead: 'Good Times' & 'Charlie's Angels' Star Dies at 74 |date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> but another source states that she was still married in 1964.<ref name=EB64 /> Together, DuBois and Gupta had four children: Provat Gupta, Rani Gupta, Kesha Gupta-Fields<ref name="DOD20">{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sandra E. |date=February 19, 2020 |title='Good Times' Actress Ja'Net DuBois Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/arts/janet-dubois-dead.html |access-date=February 19, 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and Raj Kristo Gupta, who died of cancer in 1987 at age 36.<ref name=cancer>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ya8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27Net+DuBois&pg=PA61 |title=Ja'Net DuBois' Son Dies of Cancer, in New York |date=October 26, 1987| magazine=Jet| page=61| volume=73|issue=5|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |issn=0021-5996|quote=Raj Kristo Gupta, the son of popular TV and movie actress Ja'Net DuBois, died recently in New York following a three-year battle with cancer. He was 36. At the time of his death, Gupta was producing a training workshop with his family's organization, Ja'net DuBois Academy [of] Theater Arts and Sciences for teenagers in Long Island, N.Y.}}</ref><!-- This requires further research/citations, if her son died in 1987 at 36 years old, and if she was born in 1938 or 1945 depending on the source...then she was either 6 or 13 when she had this child.---><!--unless the son had been adopted as an older child--> Provat is a basketball coach based in California.<ref name="PGCoach">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-ball-family-coming-to-a-basketball-court-and-tv-near-you/ |title=The Ball family -- coming to a basketball court (and TV) near you |last=Gary |first=Parrish |date=July 30, 2015 |work=[[CBS Sports]] |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> In 1959, DuBois was romantically involved with actor [[Brock Peters]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New York Beat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA64 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |date=November 12, 1959 |page=64 |volume=XVII |number=3 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 19, 2020 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

== Death ==
DuBois died on February 17, 2020, of [[cardiac arrest]] at her residence in [[Glendale, California]].<ref name="DOD20" /><ref name="BET">{{cite web |url=https://www.bet.com/article/jifybo/good-times-actress-ja-net-dubois-dies-at-74 |publisher=[[BET]] |title=Good Times Actress Ja'Net DuBois Dies At 74 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200220185818/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2020/02/18/janet-dubois-good-times-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/janet-dubois-cause-of-death/|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]first=Keyaira |last=Boone |title='Good Times' Star Ja'Net DuBois's Cause Of Death Revealed|access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020}}</ref>

== Discography ==
* ''Movin' On Up'' (theme from The Jeffersons, 1975)
* ''Queen of the Highway'' (Som Livre, 1980)
* ''Again, Ja'Net DuBois'' (Peanuts & Caviar Internationale, 1983)
* ''Hidden Treasures'' (Peanuts & Caviar Internationale, 2007)

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[A Man Called Adam (film)|A Man Called Adam]]''
| Martha
|
|-
| 1969
| ''J.T.''
| Rodeen Gamble
| Television film
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Five on the Black Hand Side]]''
| Stormy Monday
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Blue Knight (film)|The Blue Knight]]''
| Celia Louise
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[A Piece of the Action (film)|A Piece of the Action]]''
| Nellie Bond
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Hellinger's Law]]''
| Dottie Singer
| Television film
|-
| 1983
| ''The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour''
| Mrs. Gorman
| Television film
|-
| 1986
| ''Stranded''
| Bettina
| Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''Kids Like These''
| Mrs. Page
| Television film
|-
| 1988
| ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''
| Ma Bell
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Heart Condition (film)|Heart Condition]]''
| Mrs. Stone
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Hammer, Slammer, & Slade''
| Joanne Wilson
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''Penny Ante: The Motion Picture''
| Aunt
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Harlan & Merleen''
| Maxine
| Television film
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Magic Island (film)|Magic Island]]''
| Lucretia
|
|-
| 1996
| ''Sophie & the Moonhanger''
| Agnes
| Television film
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Don't Look Back (1996 film)|Don't Look Back]]''
| Mrs. Lawson
| Television film
|-
| 1998
| ''Best Friends for Life''
| Katie Pegues
| Television film
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Hard Time (film)|Hard Time]]''
| Lefty
| Television film
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Hard Time (film)|Hard Time: Hostage Hotel]]''
| Lefty, Logan's Assistant
| Television film
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Waterproof (2000 film)|Waterproof]]''
| Viola Battle
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]''
| Momma Bosley
|
|-
| 2016
| ''She's Got a Plan''
| Betty Angelo
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year(s) !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1970–72 || ''[[Love of Life]]'' || Loretta Allen || unknown episodes
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' || Juanita Grismore || 1 episode
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Shaft (TV series)|Shaft]]'' || Diana Richie || 1 episode
|-
| 1974–79 || ''[[Good Times]]'' || Willona Woods || 133 episodes
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Kojak]]'' || Paula Thomas || 1 episode
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Caribe (American TV series)|Caribe]]'' || Melinda Jameson || 1 episode
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]'' || Sally Harvey || 1 episode
|-
| 1980 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Evelyn Hopkins || 1 episode
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'' || Ethel || 1 episode
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The Sophisticated Gents]]'' || Onetha Wiggins || TV miniseries
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Nearly Departed]]'' || Clerk || 1 episode
|-
| 1990 || ''[[New Attitude (TV series)|New Attitude]]'' || Irma || 1 episode
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Doctor Doctor (American TV series)|Doctor Doctor]]'' || Ella Wilkes || 1 episode
|-
| 1991 || ''[[A Different World]]'' || Brenda Hanes || 1 episode
|-
| 1991 || ''[[True Colors (TV series)|True Colors]]'' || May Freeman || 1 episode
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' || June || 1 episode
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' || Arlene || 1 episode
|-
| 1992–93 || ''[[The Golden Palace]]'' || Louise Wilson || 2 episodes
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'' || Mom O'Danielle || 1 episode
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Hangin' with Mr. Cooper]]'' || Dorothy Cooper || 1 episode
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' || Herself || 1 episode
|-
| 1991/1995 || ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' || Carol || 2 episodes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' || Macy Chamberlain || 1 episode
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Moesha]]'' || Mrs. Moss || 1 episode
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' || Esther Hamilton || 1 episode
|-
| 1996–1998 || ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'' || Grandma Ellington/Willona Woods || 11 episodes
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Clueless (TV series)|Clueless]]'' || Aunt Liddy || 1 episode
|-
| 1999–2001 || ''[[The PJs]]'' || Mrs. Florence Avery || Voice, 43 episodes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'' || Delores || 1 episode
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' || Dottie || 1 episode
|-
| 2000/2002 || ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'' || Mrs. Patterson || Voice, 2 episodes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Boomtown (2002 TV series)|Boomtown]]'' || Denise Smith || 1 episode
|-
| 2003 || ''[[One on One (American TV series)|One on One]]'' || Queen Esther || 1 episode
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' || Mrs. Jones || 1 episode
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Random! Cartoons]]'' || Mom || Voice, episode: "Samsquatch"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Cold Case]]'' || Edna Johnson || 1 episode
|-
| 2011 || ''[[G.I. Joe: Renegades]]'' || Grams Hinton ||Voice
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Live in Front of a Studio Audience]]'' || Herself || Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times"
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Series
! Result
|-
| 1998
| [[NAACP Image Award]]
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| {{nominated}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Primetime Emmy]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]]
| ''[[The PJs]]''
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 20, 1999 |title=Ja'Net DuBois And Judith Jamison Win Primetime Emmy Awards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8sIDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA34 |magazine=Jet|volume=96|issue=16 |page=34 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Primetime Emmy]]
| Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
| ''The PJs: Let's Get Ready to Rumba''
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-14-ca-33997-story.html |title=Morning Report |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Elaine |last=Dutka |access-date=August 28, 2019 |date=August 14, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402230737/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/14/entertainment/ca-33997 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| [[TV Land Award|TV Land]]
| Image Award
| ''[[Good Times]]''
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christian |first=Margena A. |date=January 28, 2008 |title=The Cast of 'Good Times'? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDsDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA31 |magazine=Jet|volume=113 |issue=3 |pages=31 |access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref>
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0239425|Ja'net DuBois}}
* {{Discogs artist|Ja'net DuBois}}

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