Brenda Sykes (born June 25, 1949) is an actress who made a number of films and appeared in television series in the 1970s. Sykes was discovered on The Dating Game. Sykes was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of a postal worker. Sykes played Jim Brown's love interest in Black Gunn. According to Brown , he was responsible for her being cast in the role, an effort he made because he was attracted to her in real life. From 1973-74, she co-starred on Ozzie's Girls as a college student boarding with Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. She played the character Mandy, one of Jimmie Walker's girlfriends on the 1970s sitcom, Good Times, made a starring role appearance on the first season of The Streets of San Francisco, and as Summer Johnson on the CBS series, Executive Suite. Sykes was married to musician Gil Scott-Heron and is the mother of poet Gia Scott-Heron. SOURCE: Sykes was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of a postal worker. Sykes played Jim Brown's love interest in Black Gunn. According to Brown , he was responsible for her being cast in the role, an effort he made because he was attracted to her in real life. From 1973-74, she co-starred on Ozzie's Girls as a college student boarding with Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. She played the character Mandy, one of Jimmie Walker's girlfriends on the 1970s sitcom, Good Times, made a starring role appearance on the first season of The Streets of San Francisco, and as Summer Johnson on the CBS series, Executive Suite. Sykes was married to musician Gil Scott-Heron and is the mother of poet Gia Scott-Heron. Filmography The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) Skin Game (1971) Black Gunn (1972) Cleopatra Jones (1973) Mandingo (1975) Drum (1976) The Love Boat (1977) SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Sykes #BlackHIstoryMonth #blackhistory #BlackActresses #getthelook #lookforless |
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