# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ja-net-dubois
# Generated: 2026-09-02T09:20:06.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ja-net-dubois"
name: "Ja'Net DuBois"
slug: "ja-net-dubois"
description: "Jeannette Theresa Dubois, known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois, 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. DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song \"Movin' On Up\" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985. After beginning her career on the stage in the early 1960s, DuBois appeared on television shows and in films into the mid-2010s."
tagline: "American actress (1932–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ja'net_DuBois%2C_Good_Times_1976.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-08-05"
deathDate: "2020-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.58
  momentum:             5.897239870238907
  historical:           14.85256666666667
  currentAttention:     18.69709632486875
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238840/"
    handle:    "nm0238840"
sources:
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    title: "Ja'Net DuBois"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ja’net DuBois"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ja'net DuBois"
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    title: "Ja'net DuBois"
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    title: "Ja'net DuBois"
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    title: "జా 'నెట్ డుబోయిస్"
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    title: "Ja'net DuBois"
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    title: "جا نیٹ ڈو بوئس"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump