Chip Fields

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.

Battered
Blue Collar

Living Single · S2, E25

To Grandmother's House We Go

Regine and Khadijah's mothers go on vacation, leaving the girls to baby-sit Khadijah's grandmother.
The Facts of Life · S5, E21

Mother and Daughter

Sparks fly when Tootie and her mother find it difficult to communicate.
Living Single · S3, E26

Compromising Positions

Regine's mother catches her having sex; Overton attempts to propose to Synclaire; Max runs for office.
Living Single · S4, E13

Mother Inferior

Regine's mother dates a debonair gentleman; Synclaire avoids Overton's new car.
The Facts of Life · S7, E23

The Graduate

Tootie seems more concerned with a theatrical audition than with her upcoming high-school graduation.
Good Times · S4, E8

J.J.'s New Career, Pt. 2

Florida has only one choice of action when she discovers what J.J. is doing for money.

Chip Fields

Movies

Guest Appearances