Actress chip fields biography template

American singer, actress, director, and producer

Chip Fields is an American singer, actress, television director, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and Broadway theatre. She is best known for portraying Linella Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods (played by Janet Jackson), in a four–episode story arc (1977) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times.

In real life, she is the mother of actress Kim Fields, of The Facts of Life television series and actress Alexis Fields Jackson.

Alexis Fields - Biography - IMDb

Early life and career

Fields was born in New York to Patsy, her Jamaican mother and an African American father.^{[citation needed]}

Fields began her career as a singer. She joined Ronnie Spector as a Ronette in 1973 and recorded two singles for Buddah Records.^[1]

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 un Chip Fields - Biography - IMDb FELOC