Chip Fields

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::summary American singer, actress, director, and producer ::

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name	Chip Fields
birth_name
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years_active	1974–present
occupation
known_for	Linella Gordon – Good Times

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Chip Fields is an American singer, actress, television director, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and Broadway theatre. She is best known for portraying Linella Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods (played by Janet Jackson), in a four–episode story arc (1977) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times.

Early life and career

Fields began her career as a singer. She joined Ronnie Spector as a Ronette in 1973 and recorded two singles for Buddah Records.

Fields began her acting career as an extra in the 1974 film Claudine. She has had numerous supporting roles and guest appearances on television. She played an unwed mother opposite Patty Weaver in the NBC television soap opera, Days of Our Lives. Also during the 1970s, she played the abusive birth mother of Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods (Janet Jackson) on the sitcom Good Times.

From 1978 to 1979, she played Rita Conway in the short-lived The Amazing Spider-Man TV series. Rita Conway was J. Jonah Jameson's secretary, the same function as the black Glory Grant from the 1970s comics. She also appeared in What's Happening!!, Hill Street Blues, T. J. Hooker, Roc, Kirk (a short-lived sitcom starring Kirk Cameron), The Wayans Bros., and The Parkers. She played the role of "Laverne", mother to the character "Regine" (played by Kim Fields) on *Living Single. *

Fields was a consultant for The Parkers, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Living Single, and was a dialogue coach for the film, Menace II Society. She also directed episodes of the popular UPN sitcoms, One on One, All of Us, Girlfriends, The Parkers, as well as episodes of Romeo!, Just Jordan, Hannah Montana, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns.

Discography

• 1973 (as Ronnie and the Ronettes) – "Go Out and Get It" b/w "Lover, Lover" (Buddha 384)
• 1974 (as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes) – "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" b/w "I Wonder What He's Doing" (Buddha 408)

Filmography

Acting

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1974	Claudine	Rioter on Hallway Stairs	{{Plain list
1975	The Happy Hooker	Red Hat	Biographical-comedy film directed by Nicholas Sgarro	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77341/the-happy-hooker
1978	Blue Collar	Caroline Brown	Crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24962/blue-collar
1979	The Lady in Red	Satin	Action-drama/romantic film directed by Lewis Teague	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80655/the-lady-in-red
2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Woman in Church	Drama film directed by Michael Schultz	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/534449/woman-thou-art-loosed
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1974	Change at 125th Street	Harriet Morse	Made-for-TV movie directed by Bob LaHendro and Michael Schultz	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464103/change-at-125th-street
1975	Police Story	Girl in Bar	Episode: "Face for a Shadow" (S 3:Ep 6)
1976	Good Times	Rochelle	Episode: "J.J.'s New Career, part 2" (S 4:Ep 8)
1977	Rhoda	Nurse Franklin	Episode: "A Night in the Emergency Room" (S 3:Ep 16)
Days of Our Lives	Toni Johnson	Episode: "Episode #1.2962" (S 12:Ep 962)
What's Happening!!	Norma	Episode: "From Here to Maternity" (S 1:Ep 21)
Good Times	Lynetta Gordon	Season 5, episodes 1–3 "The Evans Get Involved"
What's Happening!!	Donna	Episode: "Give Me Odds" (S 2:Ep 8)
Freeman	Osa Lee	Made-for-TV movie directed by Lloyd Richards.
1978	Barnaby Jones	Kelly Johnson	Episode: "A Ransom in Diamonds" (S 6:Ep 16)
Battered	Ginny Sinclair	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Peter Werner.	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23542/battered	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113044002/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23542/Battered/
1978–79	The Amazing Spider-Man	Rita Conway
1979	What's Happening!!	Donna	Episode: "Food Poisoning" (S 3:Ep 16)
Good Times	Linella Gordon	Episode: "A Matter of Mothers" (S 6:Ep 21)
1980	The Night the City Screamed	Yvonne Clements	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Harry Falk.	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474181/the-night-the-city-screamed
1982	Hill Street Blues	Mrs. Halloran	Episode: "The Shooter" (S 2:Ep 17)
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris	Louise	Made-for-TV movie directed by Asaad Kelada.	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/460272/the-facts-of-life-goes-to-paris	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012095631/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/460272/the-facts-of-life-goes-to-paris
1984	T. J. Hooker	Carolyn Webster	Episode: "Anatomy of a Killing" (S 4:Ep 5)
The Facts of Life	Diane Ramsey	Episode: "Mother and Daughter" (S 5:Ep 21)
1986	Episode: "The Graduate" (S 7:Ep 23)
1992	Roc	Ms. Wilson	Episode: " No Notes Is Good Notes" (S 1:Ep 16)
1993	Where I Live	Bonita	Episode: "The Terminator" (S 1:Ep 13)
Living Single	Bar Patron	Episode: "Living Kringle" (S 1:Ep 15)
1994	Bev	Episode: "The Hand That Robs the Cradle" (S 1:Ep 17)
Laverne Hunter	Episode: "She Ain't Heavy, She My Mother" (S 1:Ep 26)
1995	Episode: "To Grandmother's House We Go" (S 2:Ep 25)
Episode: "Talk Showdown" (S 2:Ep 26)
Episode: "Come Back Little Diva" (S 3:Ep 1)
Episode: "Rags to Riches" (S 3:Ep 5)
1996	Kirk	Nurse	Episode" Operation Kirk" (S 1:Ep 20)
Living Single	Laverne Hunter	Episode: "Compromising Positions" (S 3:Ep 26)
1997	Episode: "Mother Inferior" (S 4:Ep 13)
Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye" (S 4:Ep 24)
Woman	Episode: "Up the Ladder Through the Roof" (S 5:Ep 6)
Laverne Hunter	Episode: "Three Men and a Buckeye" (S 5:Ep 8)
1998	The Wayans Bros.	Susan Sparks	Episode: "Escorting Ain't Easy" (S 5:Ep 6)
2000	The Parkers	Wilma McCoy	Episode: "Turkey Day Blues" (S 2:Ep 10)
2007	Just Jordan	Gert	Episode: "Fist of Funny" (S 1:Ep 8)
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Production

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Menace II Society	Dialogue coach	Hood drama thriller film directed by Allen and Albert Hughes	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83324/menace-ii-society#credits
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993–94	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Consultant	Television sitcom
Living Single
1994	Me and the Boys	Dialogue consultant
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Director	Episode: "Groom & Bride" (S 2:Ep 21)
1997	Arsenio	Consultant	Television sitcom
1999	Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century	Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Kenneth Johnson	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/482807/zenon-girl-of-the-21st-century#credits	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413013526/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/482807/zenon-girl-of-the-21st-century#credits
Sister, Sister	Director	Episode: "The Road Less Traveled" (S 6:Ep 21)
2000–03	The Parkers	Consultant (69 episodes)/Director (4 episodes)	Television sitcom
2001	Girlfriends	Director	Episode: "You Better Watch Out" (S 2:Ep 11)
2003–05	Romeo!	Television sitcom (7 episodes)
2003–06	One on One	Television sitcom (5 episodes)
2005	All of Us	Episode: "If You Can't Stand the Heat" (S 3:Ep 2)
2006	Hannah Montana	Episode: "You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit Is About You" (S 1:Ep 13)
2007	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	Television sitcom (3 episodes)
Just Jordan	Television sitcom (4 episodes)
2009	Meet the Browns	Television sitcom (2 episodes)
2009–12	House of Payne	Television sitcom (12 episodes)
2020–25	Young Dylan	Television sitcom (44 episodes)
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References

References

1. Clemente, John. (2013). "Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World". AuthorHouse.
2. (2012). "Chip Fields Filmography". [[The New York Times]].
3. "Claudine". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
4. "The Happy Hooker". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
5. "Blue Collar". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
6. "The Lady in Red". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
7. "Woman Thou Art Loosed". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
8. "Change at 125th Street". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
9. "Battered". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
10. "The Night the City Screamed". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
11. "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
12. "Menace II Society". [[Turner Classic Movies]].
13. "Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century". [[Turner Classic Movies]].

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