Stars of good times

A poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects. Florida : Did you hear yourself James? You said "ain't" 3 times in a row.

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Stars of good times

It was one of the top shows of the s but experienced a setback when main character John Amos left the show over creative differences. Have you ever wondered what the cast is up to, so many decades later? Esther Rolle Florida Evans passed away in at the age of After the show, he struggled to get roles and returned to his roots of stand-up comedy. He began doing tours and did quite well. He also appeared in several movies including the iconic comedy Airplane! John Amos played the patriarch on Good Times and the show stumbled when he left. In recent years, Amos has been in the news because of a new docuseries with his son and drama with his daughter. Carter played the youngest son and is mostly known for the role. She wrote five books while also appearing in smaller movie and TV roles including the show Black Jesus.

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Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear , it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude , which itself is a spin-off of All in the Family. In September , it was announced that the series would receive an animated sitcom revival produced with Norman Lear originally executive producing alongside Seth MacFarlane and Steph Curry for Netflix. Florida and James renamed from Henry Evans and their three children live at North Gilbert Avenue, apartment 17C, in a public housing project in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. The project is unnamed on the show but is implicitly the infamous Cabrini—Green Homes , shown in the opening and closing credits.

Good Times cast list, including photos of the actors when available. This list includes all of the Good Times main actors and actresses , so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. You can various bits of trivia about these Good Times stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. This cast list of actors from Good Times focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Good Times that are on here as well. If you are wondering, "Who are the actors from Good Times?

Stars of good times

Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear , it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude , which itself is a spin-off of All in the Family. In September , it was announced that the series would receive an animated sitcom revival produced with Norman Lear originally executive producing alongside Seth MacFarlane and Steph Curry for Netflix. Florida and James renamed from Henry Evans and their three children live at North Gilbert Avenue, apartment 17C, in a public housing project in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. The project is unnamed on the show but is implicitly the infamous Cabrini—Green Homes , shown in the opening and closing credits. When the series begins, J. When producers decided to feature the Florida character in her own show, they changed the characters' history to fit a new series that was well into development rather than start from scratch to create a consistent starring vehicle, even though to do so meant changing their Black middle-class family into to a poverty-stricken lower class family. Henry's name became James, he worked various odd jobs if at all, there was no mention of Maude but it was mentioned that Florida was a maid once before in the episode 'The Checkup' and the couple lived in Chicago. Episodes of Good Times deal with the characters' attempts to overcome poverty, living in high-rise public housing in Chicago. James Evans often works at least two jobs, mostly manual labor such as dishwasher, construction laborer, etc.

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For six seasons on CBS between to , viewers got an inside look at the Evans family and their life together as they navigated limited financial resources and life in the slums.

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