Chip Fields
Biography
Chip Fields is an American actor, singer, director, dialogue coach, and producer whose career began on the New York stage. She made her Broadway debut in 1972 as Carlotta in Tough to Get Help, and in 1975 she returned to Broadway in a revival of Hello, Dolly! Ronnie Spector recruited her in 1973 to help reform The Ronettes, and the group put out two singles before she went back to solo work. On television she is known for playing Lynnetta Gordon, the abusive mother of Penny, in four 1977 episodes of Good Times. She was a regular as Rita Conway on The Amazing Spider-Man, and she later played Diane Ramsey on The Facts of Life. Her credits include The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (1982) and Living Single, and she began directing television in 1994. She has also worked as a dialogue coach on sitcoms such as The Parkers, Girlfriends, and Hannah Montana.
75years old
Turns 76 on August 5in 296 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Chip Fields-Hurd, Chip Hurd and Laverne Fields
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years1978 to 1982
Every film, newest first
- 1982The Facts of Life Goes to ParisIMDb rating 6.4
- 1979Spider-Man: The Dragon's ChallengeIMDb rating 4.7
- 1978Blue CollarIMDb rating 7.5
- 1978Spider-Man Strikes BackIMDb rating 5.0
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First role
Fields made her acting debut in May 1972 as Carlotta in the Broadway comedy Tough to Get Help, a show that opened and closed with a single performance at the Royale Theatre.
Beyond film
In 1973 Ronnie Spector recruited Fields to reform The Ronettes, and the group released two singles on Buddah Records before Spector disbanded it.
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Worked with
Chip Fields shares two films with Robert F. Simon, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert F. Simon's page
Nicholas Hammond's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Ed Begley Jr.'s page
Richard Pryor's page
Yaphet Kotto's page
All films by Paul Schrader
Don McDougallDirector, 1 film, 1979
All films by Don McDougall
Ron SatlofDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Ron Satlof
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.