Isabelle Lucas 1960s, including "Miracle in Soho" (1957). Lucas's first major television role was in "The Fosters" (broadcast on ITV between 9 April 1976 and 9 July 1977), the first British sitcom to have an all-Black cast, in which she played the part of Pearl Foster, wife of Norman Beaton's lead character. Following this series she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in "EastEnders". At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show "You and Me", and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest
The Fosters (1976 TV series) incarnations). The series starred Norman Beaton as Samuel Foster, a hard-working man trying to support his family in a South London multi-storey council flat. The Samuel character was based on the fictional character James Evans Sr. (portrayed by John Amos) in "Good Times". Alongside Beaton was Isabelle Lucas, portraying Samuel's wife, Pearl Foster (Florida Evans in the original "Good Times" series, portrayed by Esther Rolle), who gossips with her best friend, Vilma, played by Carmen Munroe. Vilma was originally the character Willona Woods (portrayed by Ja'Net DuBois), who in the American version, gossips with Florida on every one inside (and