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Edward216 · 06-07-2017, 01:42 AM

I wasn't sure where else to post this, but if the moderators feel like it should be moved somewhere else they're welcome to do that.

I have a question about Janet Jackson's TV acting career (just curious), before she became a huge singing superstar.

I know she became a cast regular as Penny on Good Times (I was a kid then myself, she's only few years older than me and that's when I first became aware of her but I didn't know yet she was a member of THE Jackson family) and guest starred in some episodes of Diff'rent Strokes as Willis' girlfriend Charlene. Does anybody know if she acted in any other TV sitcoms or dramas during that time? Like I said I was just wondering. Thanks. Other than those two shows I never saw her in anything else myself.

Ed.

Dale Key · 06-07-2017, 01:45 AM

IMDB has her complete film/tv credits. She was in the short lived "A New Kind of Family" and 23 episodes of "Fame."

Edward216 · 06-07-2017, 01:50 AM

Thanks, that's interesting to know.

Ed.

tvfan25 · 06-07-2017, 06:32 PM

She was also in a 2 part episode of The Love Boat.

Edward216 · 06-08-2017, 12:38 AM

Really? I must've never saw that episode. I'm sure I'd remember Janet Jackson being on The Love Boat. I watched a lot of it, but obviously not all the episodes Haha.

Ed.

tvfan25 · 06-08-2017, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward216

Really? I must've never saw that episode. I'm sure I'd remember Janet Jackson being on The Love Boat. I watched a lot of it, but obviously not all the episodes Haha.

Ed.

It was in 1985.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7lTJv9Ko94

factsoflife · 06-08-2017, 08:51 PM

Janet has sporadic roles on episodic TV during the late 1970's and the early 1980's, but once her singing career took hold she clearly put acting on the backburner. Her film career has been sporadic as well, with only five feature films in her entire career; Poetic Justice in 1993, The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps in 2000, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married in 2007, the sequel to that film Why Did I Get Married Too in 2009, and For Colored Girls... in 2010.

06-07-2017, 01:42 AM	#1
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Question about Janet Jackson's TV acting career I wasn't sure where else to post this, but if the moderators feel like it should be moved somewhere else they're welcome to do that. I have a question about Janet Jackson's TV acting career (just curious), before she became a huge singing superstar. I know she became a cast regular as Penny on Good Times (I was a kid then myself, she's only few years older than me and that's when I first became aware of her but I didn't know yet she was a member of THE Jackson family) and guest starred in some episodes of Diff'rent Strokes as Willis' girlfriend Charlene. Does anybody know if she acted in any other TV sitcoms or dramas during that time? Like I said I was just wondering. Thanks. Other than those two shows I never saw her in anything else myself. Ed.

06-07-2017, 01:45 AM	#2
Dale Key Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2005 Location: Washington state Posts: 410	IMDB has her complete film/tv credits. She was in the short lived "A New Kind of Family" and 23 episodes of "Fame."
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06-08-2017, 08:51 PM	#7
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,747	Janet has sporadic roles on episodic TV during the late 1970's and the early 1980's, but once her singing career took hold she clearly put acting on the backburner. Her film career has been sporadic as well, with only five feature films in her entire career; Poetic Justice in 1993, The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps in 2000, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married in 2007, the sequel to that film Why Did I Get Married Too in 2009, and For Colored Girls... in 2010.
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06-07-2017, 01:50 AM	#3
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Thanks, that's interesting to know. Ed.

06-07-2017, 06:32 PM	#4
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	She was also in a 2 part episode of The Love Boat.

06-08-2017, 12:38 AM	#5
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Really? I must've never saw that episode. I'm sure I'd remember Janet Jackson being on The Love Boat. I watched a lot of it, but obviously not all the episodes Haha. Ed.