- Wrote and sang the theme song to The Jeffersons (1975) before she ever knew what the show was about.
- She is credited as the first African-American woman to appear regularly on a daytime soap, Love of Life (1951).
- Best-known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, on the classic 1970s TV series Good Times (1974), that's her voice you hear on the "Movin' on Up" theme from The Jeffersons (1975), which she also co-wrote and composed.
- Appeared as a centerfold in Jet Magazine's March 24, 1960 issue.
- Member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.
- Survived by her three children: two daughters, Rani, and Kesha and one son, Provant one sister Lillian one son Rai died in 1987.
- Ja'net DuBois's death certificate listed Cab Calloway as her father and Lillian Gouedy as her mother. Most sources cite Gordon DuBois as her father. Dr. Kesha B. Grupta-Fields, listed as DuBois's daughter and as the informant for the obituary, indicated that Gordon DuBois was Gouedy's husband and "instrumental" in raising the actress.
- Her first assignment as a professional model was the cover of Percy Faith's 1959 "Porgy and Bess" LP.
- She and her Good Times co-star Conchata Ferrell both died in the same year eight months apart.
- Mother of Rani DuBois.
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