BernNadette Stanis
- Actress
- Soundtrack
BernNadette Stanis is best known as Thelma from
Good Times (1974), but there's
much more to her than that. In the 1970s she was the personification of
black beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still
became TV's first black sex symbol or "It" girl. Thelma/BernNadette and
the Evans family also proved many stereotypes wrong about the ghetto
and the young black girl, such as that all black girls and black
families in the ghetto had no hopes, dreams, or class. Thelma showed
that a "ghetto girl" had hopes and dreams, intelligence, respect,
dignity, and grace, and it wasn't just acting--BernNadette was that
naturally. She introduced a new definitive image of the young black
girl and woman.
BernNadette was a wonderful, graceful dancer, which she displayed several times on the series. Everything she did was marked with delicacy, diminutive beauty, form, or grace, all very welcome in TV in the 1970s. Her dramatic, comedic charm, witty one-liners, daintiness, winsomeness, and sexy but innocent image were versatile qualities that made her a great talent and great favorite who will never be forgotten.
BernNadette was a wonderful, graceful dancer, which she displayed several times on the series. Everything she did was marked with delicacy, diminutive beauty, form, or grace, all very welcome in TV in the 1970s. Her dramatic, comedic charm, witty one-liners, daintiness, winsomeness, and sexy but innocent image were versatile qualities that made her a great talent and great favorite who will never be forgotten.
