Ja'Net DuBois
{{Short description|American actress (d. 2020)}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ja'Net DuBois
| image = Ja'net DuBois, Good Times 1976.JPG
| caption = DuBois as Willona Woods on the television series Good Times, 1976
| birth_name = Jeannette Theresa Dubois
| birth_date = August 5, 1932
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date|2020|2|17}}
| death_place = Glendale, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active = 1960–2019
| children = 4
| spouse = Sajit Gupta
(m. 1950–?; divorced)
| known_for = Willona Woods – Good Times
Ma Bell – I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Ms. Avery – The PJs
}}
Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5{{Efn|DuBois' year of birth is disputed. Sources state 1938{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/janet-dubois/241184/|title=Ja'Net Du Bois|magazine=TV Guide|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date= March 6, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031816/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/janet-dubois/241184/}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bs9QyWjpVgC&q=ja%27net+dubois+1938&pg=PT357 |title=On This Day: Daily Inspiration for the History Buff, the Trivia Lover, and the Innately Curious|first=Carl D. |last=Windsor|publisher=Howard Books| year=2006|isbn=978-1-58229-654-8}} and 1945{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois+1945&pg=PA142 |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |chapter= DUBOIS, JA'NET (1945– )|first1= S. Torriano |last1=Berry |first2=Venise T. |last2=Berry | edition=2| page=142|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | year=2015|isbn=978-1-4422-4702-4 |quote= This native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...}}{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMVADwAAQBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois&pg=RA1-PA39 |title=TV in the USA: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|first=Vincent |last=LoBrutto|publisher=Greenwood |year= 2018|isbn=978-1-4408-2972-7|page=39|chapter=Good Times|quote=...Ja'net DuBois (1945– )...}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqBEv49Ygy0C&dq=ja%27net+dubois+1945&pg=PT703|title=Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World|first=Retha |last=Powers|publisher=Little, Brown| year=2013|isbn=9780316250689}} as years of birth.|group=note}} – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois,{{cite web|url=https://tvone.tv/4248/ja-net-dubois/|title=Ja'Net DuBois|date=August 15, 2012|publisher=TV One|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027050315/http://tvone.tv/4248/ja-net-dubois/|url-status=live}} Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois{{refn|Capitalization of "n" in first name is uncertain in Good Times title card, which credits her in capital letters "JA'NET du BOIS". Last name is given as two words, with "du" lowercase.|group=n|name=stagename}} ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|ə|ˈ|n|eɪ|_|d|uː|ˈ|b|w|ɑ:}}), 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.Foxx, Redd; Norma Miller, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YTfYAAAAMAAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois "Ja'Net DuBois"], The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor, W. Ritchie Press, 1977, p. 225. Retrieved March 14, 2020. DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985.{{cite magazine|date=June 1, 1992|title=TV Actress Ja'Net DuBois To Appear On 'Arsenio'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrkDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA60|magazine=Jet|volume=82|issue=6|page=60|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=April 19, 2015}} After beginning her career on the stage in the early 1960s, DuBois appeared on television shows and in films into the mid-2010s.
Biography
= Early life and career =
DuBois was born Jeannette Theresa Dubois in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Lillian Gouedy (1910–1984) and Gordon Adelbert Dubois (1915–1960){{Cite web |publisher=FamilySearch |url= https://imgur.com/jSUtVFN |via=Imgur|title=U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 for Gordon Adelbert Dubois|date=1940–1947}} and was raised in Amityville, New York, on Long Island.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/new-jersey-opinion-people-rookie-who-looks-good.html|title=People: Rookie Who Looks Good|first=Lawrence|last=Van Gelder|author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder|newspaper=The New York Times|date= September 19, 1976|access-date=January 28, 2020}} (abstract of page on subscription site)
In the early 1960s, DuBois moved to Brooklyn and began her acting career onstage, making her Broadway debut with a small role in the short-lived play The Long Dream, which ran for four days in February 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jeannette-dubois-108302|title=Jeannette DuBois|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 1, 2020}} She appeared in the drama A Raisin in the Sun with Louis Gossett Jr., though not the original Broadway production.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/a-raisin-in-the-sun-2083|title=A Raisin in the Sun|publisher= Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 1, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://chicagocrusader.com/good-times-actress-janet-dubois-dies/ |newspaper=The Chicago Crusader|title='Good Times' actress Ja'Net Dubois Dies|date=February 20, 2020| access-date=February 24, 2020}} After appearing in the play The Blacks in October 1963, she became an understudy for the housekeeper role, portrayed by Gertrude Jeannette, in the comedy Nobody Loves an Albatross, which ran through June 1964.{{cite magazine |title=New York Beat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cEDAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA63|magazine=Jet |date=February 13, 1964|page=63 |volume=XXV |number=17 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 24, 2020 |via=Google Books|quote=Jeanette DuBois, who joined the cast of The Blacks last October and soon thereafter won the understudy slot to the housekeeper in the comedy hit Nobody Loves an Albatross...}}{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nobody-loves-an-albatross-3050#OpeningNightCast|title=Nobody Loves an Albatross Opening-Night Cast|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 1, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220#OpeningNightCast|title= Golden Boy Opening Night Cast|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191014223905/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |title=Negros on Broadway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VBKHwdFYAUC&q=jeannette+dubois&pg=PT192|magazine=Ebony |date=April 1, 1964|page=63 |volume=XIX |number=6 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 26, 2020 |via=Google Books}} DuBois next appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Boy with Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Daniels, Lola Falana and Johnny Brown. DuBois portrayed Anna, the sister of Davis's character, through the entire original run from October 1964 to March 1966.{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/golden-boy-3220|title=Golden Boy|publisher=Internet Broadway Database| access-date=March 1, 2020}}{{cite magazine |title=Why Can't Negro Male Star Win White Girl In End? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsADAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA61 |magazine=Jet |date=November 27, 1964|page=64 |volume=XXVII |number=8 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 24, 2020 |via=Google Books}}
= Career =
DuBois's early television acting credits include the 1969 television film J.T. and as Loretta Allen on the soap opera Love of Life from 1970 until 1972, becoming one of the first African-American female regular cast members on a daytime series. DuBois's first film appearance was her portrayal of Vera in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). She landed the role of Stormy Monday in the 1973 comedy Five on the Black Hand Side{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/26/archives/film-black-hand-sidestages-brooks-family-arrives-on-screen-the-cast.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Film: 'Black Hand Side': Stage's Brooks Family Arrives on Screen The Cast|first=A.H.|last=Weiler|date=October 26, 1973|access-date=February 26, 2020}} and appeared in Lanford Wilson's play The Hot l Baltimore that same year.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
During her time in the play, television producer Norman Lear watched DuBois on stage at the Mark Taper Forum and was impressed with her performance. He cast her in his CBS sitcom Good Times as Wilona Woods, the Evanses' neighbor and best friend of family matriarch Florida Evans, portrayed by Esther Rolle.{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Sean|title=The Sitcoms of Norman Lear|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xH_WwdzDyngC&q=the+hot+l+baltimore+play+ja%27net+dubois&pg=PA98|chapter=Good Times (1974–1979)|publisher=McFarland & Company|pages=98|isbn=978-1-4766-0255-4|access-date=February 26, 2020|date=December 24, 2014}} DuBois appeared in the show from February 1974 until the show ended in August 1979.{{cite book|last=McCann|first=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=Ja%27Net+Dubois+Touched+by+an+Angel&pg=PA103|chapter=Du Bois, Ja'Net|publisher=McFarland & Company|pages=103–04|isbn=978-0-7864-5804-2|access-date=April 19, 2015|quote=Jeannette Dubois, better known as Ja'Net Du Bois (Ja-Nay Doo-Bwah)...|date=December 21, 2009}} DuBois began the show as a costar alongside Rolle and John Amos (who departed the show in 1976). In 1977, DuBois's role became more prominent during the fifth season after Rolle had left the cast. DuBois returned to her costarring role when Rolle returned in the sixth and final season in 1978.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/02/18/good-times-star-janet-dubois-dies-at-74/ Forbes, 'Good Times' Star Ja'net DuBois Dies at 74, Feb 18, 2020].Retrieved February 26, 2020.
After Good Times ended in 1979, DuBois recorded the album Again, Ja'Net DuBois on her Peanuts and Caviar label in 1983.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kEDAAAAMBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois&pg=PA53 |magazine=Jet| date=May 16, 1983 |page=53|volume=64|issue=10 |title= Celebrity Beat – New York to Hollywood|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}} She appeared in former Good Times co-star Janet Jackson's 1987 "Control" music video as her mother. In 1992, she costarred with Clifton Davis in And I Still Rise, a play written and directed by Maya Angelou.{{cite magazine|date=September 7, 1992|title=Actor Clifton Davis Stars in Maya Angelou's New Musical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MEDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA60|magazine=Jet|volume=82|issue=20|page=60|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=April 19, 2015}} DuBois co-starred in the films I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and on television in Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, A Different World, Touched by an Angel and The Wayans Bros.
= Other ventures and accolades =
During the 1980s, DuBois operated the Ja'net DuBois Academy of Theater Arts and Sciences, a performing arts school for teenagers on Long Island, New York. In 1992, DuBois, Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu cofounded the Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url= https://www.paff.org/2019highlights/ |title=2019 Highlights|publisher=Pan African Film & Arts Festival|date=2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191102015859/https://www.paff.org/2019highlights/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pan-african-film-festival-curtain-raiser-20180207-story.html|title=The Pan African Film Festival aims to correct misconceptions about African and Caribbean countries|first=Sonaiya|last=Kelley|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191102015857/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pan-african-film-festival-curtain-raiser-20180207-story.html|url-status=live}} In 1995, DuBois won a CableACE award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Lifetime film Other Women's Children.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz0DAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27Net+DuBois&pg=PA40 |title=Ja'net DuBois, Chris Rock win CableAce Awards |date=February 6, 1995|magazine=Jet| volume=87 |issue=13|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }} DuBois won Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs in 1999 and 2001. DuBois, along with the other cast members of Good Times, received the Impact Icon Award at the 2006 TV Land Awards.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDsDAAAAMBAJ&q=ja%27net+dubois+tv+land+award&pg=PA31 |title=Where Is... The Cast of 'Good Times'?|magazine=Jet|date= January 28, 2008| volume=113|issue=3|first=Margena A.|last=Christian|page=31}} In 2000, DuBois served as grand marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in Amityville, New York.{{cite magazine|date=July 31, 2000|title=Newsmakers|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RrUDAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27net+Dubois&pg=PA32|page=32|magazine=Jet|volume=98|issue=8|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}} DuBois was an honorary member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.{{cite web|url= http://www.zphib1920.org/heritage/notable_zetas.html|title=Heritage: Notable Zetas > Entertainment|publisher=Zeta Phi Beta Sorority International Website|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718120550/http://www.zphib1920.org/heritage/notable_zetas.html|url-status=dead|access-date= February 24, 2020}}
Personal life
DuBois married Sajit Gupta in 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/sajit_gupta#col_a_10540|title=Sajit Gupta|publisher=New York City Marriages, 1950–2017|via=MyHeritage|access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200224012512/https://www.myheritage.com/names/sajit_gupta%23col_a_10540|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date = November 2024}} According to her Brazilian consular document, DuBois was divorced from Gupta by April 1959,{{cite magazine |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/02/janet-dubois-death/ |magazine=Heavy |department=Entertainment |title=Ja'Net DuBois Dead: 'Good Times' & 'Charlie's Angels' Star Dies at 74 |date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2020}} but another source states that she was still married in 1964. Together, DuBois and Gupta had four children: Provat Gupta, Rani Gupta, Kesha Gupta-Fields{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sandra E. |date=February 19, 2020 |title='Good Times' Actress Ja'Net DuBois Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/arts/janet-dubois-dead.html |access-date=February 19, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times}} and Raj Kristo Gupta, who died of cancer in 1987 at age 36.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ya8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Ja%27Net+DuBois&pg=PA61 |title=Ja'Net DuBois' Son Dies of Cancer, in New York |date=October 26, 1987| magazine=Jet| page=61| volume=73|issue=5|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |issn=0021-5996|quote=Raj Kristo Gupta, the son of popular TV and movie actress Ja'Net DuBois, died recently in New York following a three-year battle with cancer. He was 36. At the time of his death, Gupta was producing a training workshop with his family's organization, Ja'net DuBois Academy [of] Theater Arts and Sciences for teenagers in Long Island, N.Y.}} Provat is a basketball coach based in California.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-ball-family-coming-to-a-basketball-court-and-tv-near-you/ |title=The Ball family -- coming to a basketball court (and TV) near you |last=Gary |first=Parrish |date=July 30, 2015 |work=CBS Sports |access-date=February 21, 2020}} In 1959, DuBois was romantically involved with actor Brock Peters.{{cite magazine |title=New York Beat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=jeanette+dubois&pg=PA64 |magazine=Jet |date=November 12, 1959 |page=64 |volume=XVII |number=3 |publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=February 19, 2020 |via=Google Books}}
Death
DuBois died on February 17, 2020, of cardiac arrest at her residence in Glendale, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.bet.com/article/jifybo/good-times-actress-ja-net-dubois-dies-at-74 |publisher=BET |title=Good Times Actress Ja'Net DuBois Dies At 74 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200220185818/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2020/02/18/janet-dubois-good-times-dies.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/janet-dubois-cause-of-death/|magazine=Essencefirst=Keyaira |last=Boone |title='Good Times' Star Ja'Net DuBois's Cause Of Death Revealed|access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020}}
Discography
- Movin' On Up (theme from The Jeffersons, 1975)
- Queen of the Highway (Som Livre, 1980)
- Again, Ja'Net DuBois (Peanuts & Caviar Internationale, 1983)
- Hidden Treasures (Peanuts & Caviar Internationale, 2007)
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1966
| Martha | |
| 1969
| J.T. | Rodeen Gamble | Television film |
| 1973
| Stormy Monday | |
| 1973
| Celia Louise | Television film |
| 1977
| Nellie Bond | |
| 1981
| Dottie Singer | Television film |
| 1983
| The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour | Mrs. Gorman | Television film |
| 1986
| Stranded | Bettina | Television film |
| 1987
| Kids Like These | Mrs. Page | Television film |
| 1988
| Ma Bell | |
| 1990
| Mrs. Stone | |
| 1990
| Hammer, Slammer, & Slade | Joanne Wilson | Television film |
| 1990
| Penny Ante: The Motion Picture | Aunt | |
| 1993
| Harlan & Merleen | Maxine | Television film |
| 1995
| Lucretia | |
| 1996
| Sophie & the Moonhanger | Agnes | Television film |
| 1996
| Mrs. Lawson | Television film |
| 1998
| Best Friends for Life | Katie Pegues | Television film |
| 1998
| Lefty | Television film |
| 1999
| Lefty, Logan's Assistant | Television film |
| 2000
| Viola Battle | |
| 2003
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Momma Bosley | |
| 2016
| She's Got a Plan | Betty Angelo | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
! Year(s) !! Title !! Role !! Notes | |||
| 1970–72 | Love of Life | Loretta Allen | unknown episodes |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | Juanita Grismore | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Shaft | Diana Richie | 1 episode |
| 1974–79 | Good Times | Willona Woods | 133 episodes |
| 1974 | Kojak | Paula Thomas | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Caribe | Melinda Jameson | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Sally Harvey | 1 episode |
| 1980 | The Love Boat | Evelyn Hopkins | 1 episode |
| 1981 | The Facts of Life | Ethel | 1 episode |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Onetha Wiggins | TV miniseries |
| 1989 | Nearly Departed | Clerk | 1 episode |
| 1990 | New Attitude | Irma | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Doctor Doctor | Ella Wilkes | 1 episode |
| 1991 | A Different World | Brenda Hanes | 1 episode |
| 1991 | True Colors | May Freeman | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Dream On | June | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Arlene | 1 episode |
| 1992–93 | The Golden Palace | Louise Wilson | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Mom O'Danielle | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Dorothy Cooper | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Martin | Herself | 1 episode |
| 1991/1995 | Home Improvement | Carol | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | ER | Macy Chamberlain | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Moesha | Mrs. Moss | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Esther Hamilton | 1 episode |
| 1996–1998 | The Wayans Bros. | Grandma Ellington/Willona Woods | 11 episodes |
| 1999 | Clueless | Aunt Liddy | 1 episode |
| 1999–2001 | The PJs | Mrs. Florence Avery | Voice, 43 episodes |
| 2000 | The Steve Harvey Show | Delores | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Dottie | 1 episode |
| 2000/2002 | As Told by Ginger | Mrs. Patterson | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Denise Smith | 1 episode |
| 2003 | One on One | Queen Esther | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Mrs. Jones | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Random! Cartoons | Mom | Voice, episode: "Samsquatch" |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Edna Johnson | 1 episode |
| 2011 | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Grams Hinton | Voice |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Herself | Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times" |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Series ! Result |
|---|
| 1998
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | {{nominated}} |
| 1999
| Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | The PJs |
| 2001
| Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | The PJs: Let's Get Ready to Rumba | {{won}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-14-ca-33997-story.html |title=Morning Report |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Elaine |last=Dutka |access-date=August 28, 2019 |date=August 14, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402230737/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/14/entertainment/ca-33997 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}} |
| 2006
| TV Land | Image Award |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{Discogs artist|Ja'net DuBois}}
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