About the artist
Ja'net Dubois was an American actress and singer best remembered for her work in television during the 1970s and beyond. She played the sharp-tongued, warm-hearted neighbor Willona Woods on the sitcom Good Times, a role that made her a familiar face in American households.
Beyond acting, Dubois co-wrote and performed the theme song for The Jeffersons, «Movin’ on Up (The Jeffersons Theme Song)», an upbeat gospel-tinged anthem about upward mobility that became one of the most recognizable television theme songs of its era. Its jubilant, church-inflected sound and message of triumph over hardship helped cement it as a cultural touchstone well beyond the show itself.
Her career spanned decades of television work, and «Movin’ on Up» in particular has endured as a standalone piece of pop culture, sampled, referenced, and celebrated long after the series it introduced ended its run.