Chip Fields
Chip Fields was born in New York City, New York, United States on August 5th, 1951 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 72, Chip Fields biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Laverne "Chip" Fields, who is sometimes credited as Chip Hurd or Chip Fields–Hurd, (born August 5, 1951) is an American singer, actress, television director, producer, consultant, and dialogue coach, who has appeared in popular films, television shows, and Broadway theatre.
She is best known for portraying Lynetta Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods (played by Janet Jackson) in a four–part episode (1977) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times.
Personal life
Chip is the mother of actress Kim Fields (famous for her roles on The Facts of Life and Living Single) and Alexis Fields (famous for her roles on Kenan & Kel, Moesha and Sister, Sister). Chip has been married to technical director Ervin Hurd since August 20, 1994.
Career
Fields began her singing career as a child. She joined Ronnie Spector in 1973 as a Ronette and released two singles on Buddah Records.
Fields began her acting debut in the 1974 film Claudine as an extra. She has appeared on television in numerous supporting roles and as a guest star. In the NBC television soap opera Days of Our Lives, she played an unwed mother opposite Patty Weaver. Millicent "Penny" Woods' abusive birth mother appeared on Good Times during the 1970s.
Rita Conway appeared in the short-lived The Amazing Spider-Man television series from 1978 to 1979. Rita Conway was J. Jonah Jameson's secretary, as well as the African-American Glory Grant from the 1970s comics.She also appeared in What's Happening!
Hill Street Blues, T.J. Hooker, Kirk (a short-lived sitcom starring Kirk Cameron), The Wayans Bros., and The Parkers. On Living Single, she appeared as "Laverne," mother to the character "Regine."Fields was a consultant for The Parkers, Zenon: The 21st Century, Living Single, and was a dialogue coach for Menace II Society. She produced episodes of One on One, All of Us, Girlfriends, The Parkers, and the Simpsons, as well as episodes of Romeo!, Just Jordan, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and Meet the Browns.