Keepin' Your Head Above Water

61. Yummy yummy.Good genes there for sure.She will probally be a knockout at 70.

Posted at 9:58AM on Jan 14th 2009 by god help us

62. She looks beautiful. I hope I look that good when I reach that age.

Posted at 10:41AM on Jan 14th 2009 by Chuck Whitley

63. Great genes! Looks about 35. Why haven't we seen her on recent day sitcoms? She and J.J. used to crack me up!

Posted at 10:56AM on Jan 14th 2009 by Ms. X

64. I remember I was on the Jump The Shark website a few years back and I looked up GOOD TIMES (by the way, a LOT of folks there agreed with me that when the guy who played the dad left THATS when the show jumped) and was stunned at how many guys were on there hootin and hollerin about how much they wanted to bang Thelma! I just didnt realize Thelma had such a huge following! Even watching re-runs I dont think she was that hot. But I am very pleasd to see this picture. wow- She looks GREAT! Better now than she did as a teenager...how is that even POSSIBLE?! There ate theories here. 1. No drinking alcohal and doing drugs and eating right and 2. Black women dont sun worship. Well, I'm white and I aint about to give up my beer and margaritas, but I am willing to give that staying-out-of-the-sun thing a shot!

Posted at 12:23PM on Jan 14th 2009 by mamamiasweetpeaches

65. Beautiful.....and she has NOT had a lot of work done. She has natural lines, and doesn't look like she's made of plastic. Just gorgeous!!! Was then....still is now.

Posted at 11:32AM on Jan 14th 2009 by Rita

66. Seems most still grab or touch their thing and yell something out when they see a good looking woman. Do Black women find this acceptable, encourage it, or do they detest it? Inquiring minds still want to know as my first impression could have been wrong all those years ago.

Posted at 3:45PM on Jan 13th 2009 by Bob Malkani

The above has to be the most bigoted generalization I have ever heard in my life. Is it okay to say, "When i was growing up, I saw lots of news reports about white men kidnapping and raping a lot of women." It seems today, they still do that. Here is one, when i was small all of the soap and deoderant commercials had white people only, so I assumed only white people were dirty!

idiot. I guess its folks like Bob Malkani that knows every black man in America? And I assume that going into an all white gentleman's club in vegas, the white men sit on their hands?

Posted at 1:17PM on Jan 14th 2009 by Quetou

67. Still delicious!

Posted at 4:53PM on Jan 14th 2009 by TDOG

68. we loved thelma she was the best, she always kept JJ down on the earth, GREAT FAMILY we miss them, those were good times,

Posted at 5:02PM on Jan 14th 2009 by pattie in cali

69. So what she's 56. Black don't crack

Posted at 10:52AM on Jan 15th 2009 by Ron

70. Someone said you can tell she has had work done and know one looks good at that age. I truly don 't mean to offend but african-american genetics age well when taken care of due to certain genetics in our skin. My mother is the same age and looks equally good. I think she has just taken care of herself...im just sayin....

Posted at 6:02PM on Jan 15th 2009 by JAY79

71. GOOD BLACK DON'T CRACK:-)))

Posted at 9:55AM on Jan 16th 2009 by FENDER BASS

72. Oh yeah, she's 56.

Good ole black don't crack.

Posted at 10:40PM on Feb 8th 2009 by me

73. Wow!! She looks FANTASTIC!! She was beautiful,cool, and a strong character on "Good Times" and she looks even more beautiful all grown up. I loved this show when I was little and I still watch it in reruns today. I have had my daughters watch it with me othrough the years. Especially when they have marathon weekends. We loved Thelma and of course J.J. The show when the dad (James Evans) dies even my daughter cried. You look DY-NO-MITE!!!! :)

Posted at 10:59PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Lola Falanna

74. GAWD! I always thought she was hot!

Posted at 3:15PM on Apr 12th 2009 by Moejj