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 Kim Fields appears twice on "Good Times' as little Kim, a friend of Penny's, in Season 6. | ||||
| Personal Information | ||||
| Birth name: | Kim Victoria Fields | |||
| Also known as: | Kim Fields Freeman Kim Fields Morgan | |||
| Born: | May 12, 1969 | |||
| Birthplace: | Harlem, New York City, U.S. | |||
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| Occupation/ Career: |
Actress, Model, singer, director | |||
| Years active: | 1977–present | |||
| Spouse(s): | Johnathon Franklin Freeman (1995–2001) Christopher Morgan (2007–present) | |||
| Children: | 2 | |||
| Character information | ||||
| Appeared on: | Good Times | |||
| Character played: | Kim in "The Snow Storm" and "The Physical" in Season 6 | |||
Kim Fields (born May 12, 1969) appeared in two episodes of Good Times as Kim, a friend of Penny, in two Season 6 episodes. She is best known for her roles as Tootie Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life, and as Regine Hunter on the Fox sitcom series Living Single. She is the daughter of actress/director Chip Fields.
Acting Career[]
Before appearing on The Facts of Life, Kim co-starred in a short-lived CBS sitcom called Baby, I'm Back with Demond Wilson and Denise Nicholas, and appeared in a television commercial for Mrs. Butterworth's maple syrup. She later appeared on Good Times as Kim, a friend of Penny Gordon Woods. Her real-life mother, Chip Fields, guest-starred on Good Times in a recurring role as Lenela Gordon, the mother of Penny. Chip and Kim are not appeared in the same episodes. Kim's episodes on Good Times were "The Snow Storm" and "The Physical" in Season 6.
Kim played the role of Tootie on the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988. Even decades later, many still recognize her catchphrase, "We're in troouu-ble!" When the show began production, Fields was so short that the producers put her on roller skates during the first season so that they could avoid difficult camera angles. Ironically, she later lost a role as Arnold Jackson's girlfriend on The Facts of Life's parent show Diff'rent Strokes because she was taller than Gary Coleman, who played Arnold.
Family/Personal life[]
Her real-life mother Chip Fields portrayed Diane Ramsey, Tootie's mother, on The Facts of Life as well as playing Regine's mother on Living Single. After taking time away from acting to attend Pepperdine University, she had a starring role in the hit Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 as Regine Hunter.
Fields guest-starred on television series such as One on One, CBS-TV's The Golden Palace, and appeared as herself on HBO's The Comeback.
On February 1, 2007, Fields was reunited with Lisa Whelchel on WFAA-TV's Good Morning Texas. Fields was in Dallas to promote her appearance in the production Issues: We've All Got 'Em, when Whelchel was introduced as a surprise guest. It marked the first time in six years (since The Facts of Life Reunion movie) that Fields and Whelchel had seen each other.
Fields also appeared in an episode of the NBC-TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which Will Smith pretended to marry her in an attempt to seduce her.
Kim married actor Johnathon Freeman On July 16, 1995. In 2001, She snd johnathon separated, the divorced after six years of marriage; they had no children together. In 2005, she met broadway actor Christopher Morgan and they began a romantic relationship. On May 4, 2007 They Welcomed son Sebastian Alexander Morgan, then they married 2 months later On July 23, 2007. On December 3, 2013, they welcomed another son, Quincy Xavier Morgan.
Kim wrote a life book titled Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood, which was published In 2017. Kim is active on social media, with accounts on both Instagram and Facebook, and is still active in the entertainment industry. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband and their 2 sons. Kim maintains a very close relationship with her hother Chip, her stepfather Erv Hurd, and younger sister Alexis Fields, who is also an actress.
External links[]
- Kim Fields at the Internet Movie Database
- Kim Fields article at Wikipedia
