Kim Victoria Fields (May 12, 1969) is an American actress and director, who as a child actress appeared as Pattie, a patient in the hospital room, Mindy had been in when Mork goes looking for her, in Season 2's Mork's Health Hints.
Biography[]
Kim Fields was born on May 12, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA as Kim Victorian Fields. She is the daughter of actress/director Chip Fields-Hurd, and the older sister of actress Alexis Fields (born in 1979), best known for her roles on Kenan & Kel, Moesha and Sister, Sister. Her mother Chip has been married to technical director Ervin Hurd since August 20, 1994. She is 1/8 Jamaican.
Raised in Los Angeles. She attended Burbank High School class of 1986, and Graduated from Pepperdine University in 1990 with a degree in communications. She married Johnathon Franklin Freeman (16 July 1995 - 2001) (divorced).
She has been married to Christopher Morgan since July 23, 2007. They have two children. Morgan and Quincy Xavier
She owns a production company, Victory Entertainment.[1] [2]
Career[]
Fields is undoubtedly best known for her childhood role as 'Tootie' in The Facts of Life (1979). Her first screen credits however came at age 7 in the TV Movie Have I Got A Christmas For You (1977) and in the recurring role of Angie in the short lived TV Series Baby, I'm Back (77-78). . She later appeared on two episodes of Good Times as a friend of Penny Gordon Woods, played by Janet Jackson.
Fields played the role of Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988. When the show began production, Fields was so short that the producers put her on roller skates during the first season so that they could avoid difficult camera angles. However, she later 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.
In 1984, during the run of The Facts of Life, Fields 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" (which became a minor R&B hit, reaching No. 50).
After taking time away from acting to attend Pepperdine University. Fields also appeared in a 1993 episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which Will Smith pretended to marry her in an attempt to seduce her.
Fields had a starring role in the hit Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 as Regina "Reginé" Hunter.[2]
Filmography - Television[]
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-78 | Baby, I'm Back | 13 Episodes | Angie Ellis |
| 1978-79 | Good Times | The Snow Storm
The Physical |
Kim |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Part VI (1939-1950) | Lydia Haley |
| 1979 | Mork & Mindy | Mork's Health Hints | Patti |
| 1979-81 | Diff'rent Strokes | 5 Episodes | Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey |
| 1979-88 | The Facts of Life | 201 Episodes | Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey |
| 1980 | The Righteous Apples | A Dream Fulfilled | LaShawn |
| 1984 | Pryor's Place | Cousin Rita | Rita |
| 1985 | Family Feud | Teen Celebrity Special Week | Herself |
| 1988 | 227 | The Roommate | Donna Dalton |
| 1992 | The Golden Palace | Can't Stand Losing You | Trisha |
| 1992 | Martin | Radio Days | Monica Hurd |
| 1993 | Roc | Second Time Around | Ruth |
| 1993 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | The Best Laid Plans | Monique |
| 1993-98 | Living Single | Main Cast | Regina "Regine" Hunter |
| 1995 | The Crew | The Mating Season | Regina "Regine" Hunter |
| 1996 | C Bear and Jamal | Main Cast | Maya (voice) |
| 1997-99 | Kenan & Kel | 2 Episodes | Miss Eliza Horn |
| 1998 | Cupid | Hung Jury | Theresa |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Side Effects | Lottie |
| 2001 | The Drew Carey Show | What's Wrong with This Episode IV | Kate's Double |
| 2001 | The Steve Harvey Show | Dissin' Cousins | Cousin Corrine Greer |
| 2002 | The Residents of Washington Heights | TV Series | Dr. Cheryl Drake |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Matchmaker, Matchmaker | Elizabeth Greene |
| 2004 | The Division | 2 Episodes | Principal Theresa Ogden |
| One on One | 2 Episodes | Ms. Dana Swain | |
| 2006 | Eve | Banishing Acts | Rochelle |
| 2008 | The Cleaner | Lie with Me | Carla Anders |
| 2010 | Meet the Browns | Meet the Neelys | Director |
| 2017 | Living the Dream | 6 Episodes | Rhoda |
| 2019 | Cobra Kai | The Moment of Truth | Sandra |
| 2020 | Insecure | Lowkey Trippin | Mabel |
| 2021 | The Upshaws | 10 Episodes | Regina Upshaw |
After the cancellation of Living Single, Fields began performing rap music and R&B with a group called Impromp 2. With her degree from Pepperdine University, Fields began directing. Fields directed a number of episodes of the All That! spin-off Kenan & Kel, in which she also appeared in two episodes. She has worked as a director on the sitcoms Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and BET's Let's Stay Together.[2]
Mork & Mindy[]
Fields played Pattie, a young 8 year old who Mork finds in the bed of Susie, the girl who had been sharing the room in the hospital Mindy had been in the day before. With an actual child now in Mindy's bed, Mork is confused, and babbles in alarm. Pattie, watching on is pretty amused by Mork's manic behavior, and tells him straight up she has never heard of Mindy.