Laverne "Chip" Fields (born August 5, 1951), who is sometimes credited as Chip Hurd or Chip Fields-Hurd, is a talented singer, actress, television director, consultant, and dialogue coach, who has appeared in popular films, television shows, and Broadway theatre. She is best known for her recurring role on Good Times as Lenela Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods in a four-part episode story which begins with the episode "The Evans Get Involved: Part 1" in Season 5 of Good Times; she makes her first series appearance as Rochelle in the second episode of a two-part story in Season 4 titled "J.J.'s New Career: Part 2".