<P> Laverne `` Chip '' Fields , who is sometimes credited as Chip Hurd or Chip Fields -- Hurd , ( born August 5 , 1951 ) 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 three -- part episode ( 1977 ) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times . </P>
<P> Laverne `` Chip '' Fields , who is sometimes credited as Chip Hurd or Chip Fields -- Hurd , ( born August 5 , 1951 ) 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 three -- part episode ( 1977 ) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times . </P>
who played penny 's real mother on good times
who played penny 's real mother on good times
Laverne `` Chip '' Fields
Laverne `` Chip '' Fields