Chip Fields

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**Laverne** "**Chip**" **Fields** (born August 5, 1951), sometimes credited as **Chip Hurd** or **Chip Fields–Hurd**, 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*.

## Career

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

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 unwed mother opposite Patty Weaver in the NBC television soap opera, *Days of Our Lives*. Also during the 1970s, she played the abusive birth mother of Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods (Janet Jackson) on the sitcom *Good Times*.

From 1978 to 1979, she played Rita Conway in the short-lived *The Amazing Spider-Man* TV series. Rita Conway was J. Jonah Jameson's secretary, the same function as the African-American Glory Grant from the 1970s comics. She also appeared in *What's Happening!!*, *Hill Street Blues*, *T.J. Hooker*, *Roc*, *Kirk* (a short-lived sitcom starring Kirk Cameron), *The Wayans Bros.*, and *The Parkers*. She played the role of "Laverne", mother to the character "Regine" on *Living Single.*

Fields was a consultant for *The Parkers*, *Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century*, *Living Single*, and was a dialogue coach for the film, *Menace II Society*. She also directed episodes of the popular UPN sitcoms, *One on One*, *All of Us*, *Girlfriends*, *The Parkers*, as well as episodes of *Romeo!*, *Just Jordan*, *Hannah Montana*, *Tyler Perry's House of Payne and* Meet the Browns*.*

## 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.

## Discography

* 1973 (as Ronnie and the Ronettes) – "Go Out and Get It" b/w "Lover, Lover" (Buddha 384)
* 1974 (as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes) – "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" b/w "I Wonder What He's Doing" (Buddha 408)

## References

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2. ↑ "Chip Fields Filmography". *The New York Times*. https://movies.nytimes.com/person/23360/Chip-Hurd/filmography.
3. ↑ "Claudine". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71051/Claudine/.
4. ↑ "The Happy Hooker". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77341/Happy-Hooker-The/.
5. ↑ "Blue Collar". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24962/Blue-Collar/.
6. ↑ "The Lady in Red". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80655/Lady-in-Red-The/.
7. ↑ "Woman Thou Art Loosed". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/534449/Woman-Thou-Art-Loosed/.
8. ↑ "Change at 125th Street". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464103/Change-at-125th-Street/.
9. ↑ "Battered". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23542/Battered/.
10. ↑ "The Night the City Screamed". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474181/Night-the-City-Screamed-The/.
11. ↑ "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/460272/Facts-of-Life-Goes-to-Paris-The/.
12. ↑ "Menace II Society". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83324/Menace-II-Society/full-credits.html.
13. ↑ "Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century". *Turner Classic Movies*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/482807/Zenon-Girl-of-the-21st-Century/full-credits.html.

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