Born on this day – Ja'net DuBois:

 

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020

Credits:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); A Different World (1991); A Journal for Jordan (2021); A Man Called Adam (1966); A Piece of the Action (1977); All Star Secrets (1979); As Told by Ginger (2000–2004); Basic Instinct (1992); Best Friends for Life (1998); BET Comedy Awards (2004); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Boomtown (2003); Caribe (1975); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chappelle's Show (2004); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Chelsea Lately (2012); Clueless (1999); Cold Case (2007); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2006); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1990); Don't Look Back (1996); Dream On (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (1995); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Everybody Loves Raymond (2000); Extra (2015); Five on the Black Hand Side (1973); G.I. Joe: Renegades (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Times (1974–1979); Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hanging Up (2000); Hard Time (1998); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Heart Condition (1990); Hellinger's Law (1981); Home Improvement (1991–1995); Houston Knights (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); J.T. (1969); Janet Jackson: Control / Music Video (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (1974); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Laugh!s (1990); Little Man (2006); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lottery Ticket (2010); Love of Life (1970-1972); Lovecraft Country (2020); Magic Island (1995); Married... with Children (1993); Martin (1995); Melody Trice Special Events (2019); Moesha (1997); Morning Joe (2023); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994 / 2017); Random! Cartoons (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1972); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scrubs (2002); Senseless (1998); Shaft (1973); Shark Tale (2004); She's Got a Plan (2016); Sister, Sister (1994); Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996); Spencer (1984); Steve Harvey (2016); Stranded (1986); Nearly Departed (1989); New Attitude (1990); Next Friday (2000); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); One on One (2003); Other Women's Children (1993); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 2001 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2001); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); Who's the Man? (1993).The Big Easy (1982); The Blue Knight (1973); The Cookout (2004); The Facts of Life (1981); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The King of Queens (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Wayans Bros. (1996–1997); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Touched by an Angel (1997); Tropic Thunder (2008); True Colors (1991); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004); Waterproof (2000).