Still from "What's Happening Now!!" situation comedy series, Los Angeles, 1985

Title: Still from "What's Happening Now!!" situation comedy series, Los Angeles, 1985
Alternative title: Black Entertainers, photographed in the 1980s
Date Created: 1985
Date: 1985
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Haywood Nelson is an actor best known for portraying Dwayne Nelson on the television series "What's Happening!!", and its spin-off "What's Happening Now!!". Nelson was one of the first African-American teen idols.
Ernest Lee Thomas is an actor best known for his role as Roger "Raj" Thomas on the sitcom "What's Happening!!" and its sequel, "What's Happening Now!!," and for his recurring role as Mr. Omar on Everybody Hates Chris.
Anne-Marie Johnson is an American actress and impressionist, who has starred in film and on television. She is known for her roles as Nadine Hudson Thomas on "What's Happening Now!!," Aileen Lewis on "Double Trouble," Althea Tibbs on "In the Heat of the Night," and as a cast member on "In Living Color" during its final season.
What’s Happening Now!! Was a sitcom that served as a follow-up to the '70s series "What's Happening!!"
Still from the "Say What" episode of the television show "What's Happening Now!!"
Fred Allen Berry was an actor and street dancer. He was best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show "What's Happening!!"
Caption: Caption: "Say What"--- Rerun (Fred Berry-center) doesn't know quite what to make of Raj (Ernest Thomas) while Dwayne (Haywood Nelson-left) and Nadine (Anne-Marie Johnson) look on in. "That old gang of mine" episode of Columbia pictures Television's all-now, first-run syndicated comedy series "What's Happening Now!!"

Genre: photographs
Names: Berry, Fred Allen, 1951-2003
Columbia Pictures
Nelson, Haywood, 1960-
Thomas, Ernest, 1950-
Johnson, Anne-Marie, 1960-
Subject Geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American comedians
African American actors
Teenage actors
African American actresses
Situation comedies (Television programs)