“In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.” WantNeedsChildrenCharacterShowsAgeTvsTenMy FamilyCastsDesperateGood TimesPenniesSitcomAbused Children Book:True You Source: True You
“We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension.” ShowsFatherBlackHigherMalesNewspapersGood TimesArticlesEpisodesIncidenceBlack MalesHypertension Author:Norman Lear