Kim Fields

Kim Fields (born May 12, 1969) is an American actress and television director. She is known for her roles as Tootie Ramsey on the NBC-TV sitcom The Facts of Life, and as Regine Hunter on the Fox-TV sitcom Living Single. She is also the daughter of actress/director Chip Fields and the older sister of actress Alexis Fields. Kim, who was born in New York City, was raised in Burbank, California, attended Burbank High School there before attending Pepperdine University..

Kim Fields Biography

Kim Fields Acting Career

Before appearing on The Facts of Life, Kim had co-starred on a short-lived CBS-TV sitcom called Baby, I'm Back opposite Demond Wilson, better known as Lamont Sanford on the hit NBC-TV series Sanford And Son, and also appeared in a commercial for Mrs. Butterworth's pancake syrup.

Kim later appeared on Good Times as a friend of Penny Gordon Woods. Her real life mother, Chip Fields, starred on Good Times as the mother of Janet Jackson's character, Penny. Yet mother and daughter Fields never starred in the same episodes. Kim's two episode appearances on Good Times were "The Snow Storm" and "The Physical" both in 1979.

The Facts Of Life TV show (1979-88)

Perphaps Kim's best remembered role was that of Tootie on the sitcom The Facts of Life. From 1979 to 1988, she played Tootie Ramsey on the show. Even decades later, many still recognize her catchphrase, "We are in trou-ble!" She was also known for the braces she wore on the series for five seasons. When the show began filming, Fields was so short that the producers put her in roller skates during the first season so that they could avoid difficult camera angles. Ironically, she had lost a role as Arnold Jackson's girlfriend on The Facts of Life's parent show, Diff'rent Strokes, because she was taller than Gary Coleman, who played Arnold.

Living Single TV series (1993-98)

Her real life mom, actress Chip Fields, portrayed Diane Ramsey, Tootie's mother, on Facts of Life as well as playing Regine's mother on Living Single. After taking time away from acting to attend Pepperdine University, she had a starring role in the hit Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 as Regine Hunter. Kim also dated fellow Living Single cast member John Henton for one year while the series was in production.

Other series appearances

Kim guest-starred on television series such as One on One, The Golden Palace, and appeared as herself on HBO's The Comeback. On February 1, 2007, Fields was reunited with Lisa Whelchel on WFAA-TV's Good Morning Texas. Fields was in Dallas to promote her appearance in the production Issues: We've All Got 'Em when Whelchel was introduced as a surprise guest. It marked the first time in six years (since The Facts of Life Reunion movie) that Fields and Whelchel had seen each other. Additionally, Fields also appeared in an episode of NBC-TV's The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, in which Will Smith pretended to marry her in order to seduce her.

Directing Career

With her degree from Pepperdine University she began directing. Fields directed the All That spinoff and a number of Kenan & Kel episodes. She also appeared in two episodes of the series. Fields is currently working as a director for the sitcoms Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and BET's Let's Stay Together.

Music Career

In 1984, during the run of The Facts of Life, Kim released two singles on the Critique Records label: the disco/Hi-NRG "He Loves Me He Loves Me Not" (which became a minor club hit), and "Dear Michael". After the cancellation of Living Single, Fields began performing rap music and R&B with a group called Impromp2. As of 2000 she changed her look and style considerably, sporting either a large blonde afro or platinum blonde braids or dreadlocks. She performs under the stage name of "Blondielocks" and in 2003 she released a spoken word CD of poetry (that was available online only) called Smooth is Spoken Here.

Kim Fields Personal life

Kim was married to Johnathon Franklin Freeman from 1995 to 1998. Her sister is actress Alexis Fields from ABC-TV and the WB's sitcom Sister, Sister. Kim gave birth to her first child, Sebastian Alexander Morgan, by her then boyfriend, Broadway actor Christopher Morgan, on May 4, 2007. The couple introduced their son the following week in People magazine. On July 23, 2007, they were married in a private ceremony officiated by Pastor Donnie McClurkin. She is a born-again Christian, as is her "Facts of Life" co-star, Lisa Whelchel.