Lenela Gordon, who's the biological mother of Penny Woods, who Willona Woods winds up adopting, appears in four episodes of Good Times; "The Evans Get Involved: Part 1", "Part 2", "Part 3", and "Part 4" in Season 5 and "A Matter of Mothers" in Season 6. The part of Lenela is portrayed by Chip Fields, who also appeared as Rochelle in the Season 4 episode "J.J.'s New Career: Part 2", which was her first series guest appearance.