Sharon Catherine Brown, also known as Sharon Catherine Blanks, is an American actress of stage, film and television
Background
She was born in New York City, New York, and is the daughter of actor Johnny Brown, who portrayed Nathan Bookman on the 1970s sitcom Good Times. Her mother, June Brown, was a studio manager.
She is married to Billy Blanks, Junior., and sometimes appears under her married name of Sharon Catherine Blanks.
Career
Brown has worked frequently as a stage actress, including roles as Effie in both Broadway and touring productions of the musical Dreamgirls. As Violet in the musical Maggie Flynn. And as the narrator in versions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
She has also toured with productions of The Wiz, Rent and Jekyll & Hyde.
Film credits include A Chorus Lincolnshire (1985), Foreign Keeps (1988), Sister Acting 2 (1993), What"s Love Got to Do with lieutenant (1993), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999). On television, Brown played the character Daisy on the Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera Love of Life in 1971, and she originated the role of Chantel on the National Broadcasting Company soap Generations from 1989 to 1990.
She portrayed a young Louise in a 1981 flashback episode of The Jeffersons titled "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds". Other episodic television credits include Good Times, A Different World and The Fresh Prince of Belorussian-Air.