Career
She is best known for portraying Lanella Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods (played by Janet Jackson) in a three–part episode (1977) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times. In 1973, shortly after her divorce from record producer Philosophy Spector, Ronnie Spector reformed the world-famous girl group The Ronettes. After recruiting Chip and vocalist Diane Linton (and later Denise Edwards), "Ronnie And The Ronettes" made their debut at Richard Nader"s "Rock and Roll Revival" show at Madison Square Garden.
After the two singles failed to chart, Ronnie went solo, and the "new" Ronettes with Chip and Denise disbanded. career Fields began her acting career as an extra in the 1974 film Claudine.
She has had numerous supporting roles and guest appearances on television She played an unwed mother opposite Patty Weaver in the National Broadcasting Company television soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
Also during the "70s, she played the abusive birth-mother of Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods (Janet Jackson) on the sitcom Good Times. She played Rita Conway in the short-lived The Amazing Spider-Manitoba television Series from 1978-1979.
Rita Conway was J. Jonah Jameson"s secretary, the same function as the African-American Glory Grant from the 1970s comics.
She also appeared in What"s Happening!!, Hill Street Blues, T.J. Hooker, Roc, Kirk (a short-lived sitcom starring Kirk Cameron), The Wayans Brothers, and The Parkers. She has been a consultant for The Parkers, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Living Single, and was a dialogue coach for the film, Menace II Society. She played the role of "Laverne", mother to the character "Regine" on Living Single.
She has also directed episodes of the popular Universitas Pembangunan Nasional sitcoms, One on One, All of Us, Girlfriends, The Parkers, as well as episodes of Romeo!, Just Jordan, Hannah Montana, Tyler Perry"s House of Payne and Meet the Browns.