![]() ![]() It was around my birthday that my mom received a call telling her that I had won the role of Thelma. We didn’t hear anything for about another month. We stay for another week, and then head home. As we were getting ready to go back home, we get a call and are asked to stay for another week. Well, we went to California, I auditioned, and there were four girls also being considered at the time. And it was a good thing I didn’t understand the magnitude of it all because my audition was more natural.Ībout a month later, my mom received a call and was told, I should go to California to audition there. I really didn’t understand the weight of it all. ![]() Norman Lear, the show’s producer, was there. So I did my little part and improvised as well. Well, I was surprised and thought, “Oh boy, what is this!” There were so many girls and it was my very first audition. I went to CBS and when I arrived, there were hundreds of girls auditioning for the role as well. Stanis: I was 16 and it took a couple of months to actually land the role. Years later as a teen, when I was a beauty pageant contestant, a manager spotted me and spoke to my mom about an audition for Good Times.ĥ0BOLD: How old were you when you started Good Times? I studied at The Juilliard School and felt dance was just something that was in me. In fact, I would sit, create scenes in my head, and then act as I danced. Stanis: Well, you know, I was a dancer from age 5 and I would do dramatic dancing. Stanis spoke with 50BOLD to discuss her passions, future plans, and to let her fans in on what life was like behind the scenes of Good Times…ĥ0BOLD: At what age did you begin acting and how did you catch the acting bug? Since the organization’s inception, Stanis has made it her mission to bring awareness to the public about the devastating condition by touring the country to speak at various events. In honor of her mother’s memory, Stanis founded a nonprofit called Remembering The Good Times Foundation. The actress hopes the book can help others who are going through a similar experience with a loved one. In The Last Night, Stanis shares her experiences as a caregiver to her then-ailing mother Eula Stanislaus who died from Alzheimer’s in 2011. She has authored four books: Situations 101: Relationships, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly For Men Only Situations 101: Finances and The Last Night: A Caregiver’s Journey Through Transition and Beyond. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Stanis, a dancer, who attended the prestigious Julliard School, also has a passion for writing. In recent years, Stanis appeared on a couple of episodes of Black Jesus playing the girlfriend of late comedian Charlie Murphy, who co-starred on the show. When the show ended, Stanis went back to school to finish up her education, and then later, appeared on various popular sitcoms such as The Wayans Bros. She was the beautiful young teen that every Black boy fantasized about. ![]() The sitcom centered around an African-American family surviving life in the projects of Chicago. She portrayed the role of Thelma Ann Evans, the witty, smart, no-nonsense middle sibling on the hit show Good Times that ran on CBS-TV from 1974 to 1979. The first Black female character to play a teenager in a Black family on national television was the talented BernNadette Stanis. ![]()
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