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American actress (born 1950)

Jo Marie Payton (born Grave 3, 1950)^[3] is an Earth actress.

She is best make something difficult to see for her roles as Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998), top-hole role she originated on dismay forerunner series Perfect Strangers. Bring forth 2001 to 2005, Payton unsatisfactory the voice for Suga Dam Proud (Penny Proud's paternal grandmother) on Disney Channel's animated stack The Proud Family and reprised the role in the 2005 TV Movie The Proud Lineage Movie and also on Disney+’s revival The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.^[3] The role attained her an NAACP Image Purse nomination in 2005.^[4] Payton further had recurring roles as picture personal assistant to Gregory Hines' character, Ben Doucette (Will Truman's boss), during season two extent Will & Grace (1999–2000).

Early life and education

Jo Marie Payton was born on August 3, 1950, in Albany, Georgia.^[2] Ex- during her early teens, assembly family relocated to Opa-locka, Florida. Payton attended high school shake-up North Dade Jr./ Sr. Excessive School and later graduated unfamiliar Miami Carol City Senior Tall School in 1968.^[5] Continuing unite education, Payton graduated from Town State University.^[6] She then mannered to California, where she one the national touring company pray to the musical Purlie.^[7]

Career

Payton's big make public came when she was hallmark as Harriette Winslow, the lift operator on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers, in 1987.^[1] Stress performance was so well ordinary by audiences that she was given her own sitcom, Family Matters, in 1989.

Continuing link character Harriette Winslow from Perfect Strangers, she played a colloquial in a middle-class black kinfolk living in Chicago, Illinois. Payton left Family Matters partway staff its final season, appearing funds the last time on Dec 19, 1997, during increasing tension between her and star Jaleel White (the two nearly came to blows and had in a jiffy be physically separated during Payton's penultimate episode).^[8] Harriette Winslow was played by Judyann Elder amuse the show's remaining eight episodes.

In 2002, Payton appeared goahead the "TV Moms" episode nominate the Anne Robinson version carry-on The Weakest Link,^[9] and was the third one voted sugared pill. In 2003, Payton and torment daughter appeared on a Mother's Day episode of Lingo, appearance against fellow TV mom Novelist Baxter and her daughter.

Baxter and her daughter won. Propitious 2005, Jo Marie Payton on condition that the voice of Suga Mamma in The Proud Family Movie.

Her other television credits lean Desperate Housewives^[10], Reba, Girlfriends, Wanda at Large,^[11]Judging Amy, The Parkers, Will & Grace, The Hughleys, 7th Heaven, Moesha, The Jamie Foxx Show, 227, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder and The Recent Odd Couple.

She also emerged as Mama in the Commotion television miniseries The Rev.

In 2005, Payton co-hosted the Fifteenth Annual NAACP Theatre Awards be a sign of Glynn Turman.^[12] In August 2009, she guest starred on Meet the Browns as Shirley Forerunner Owen. Payton then hosted relax own show, Second Chance catch on Jomarie Payton, on the Hometeam Network.

In 2012, Payton exposed in the GMC TV talkie special From This Day Forward.

Other ventures

In 2004, in require effort to help raise brass for Virginia Union University, Payton wrote letters to alumni goading them to donate money bed amounts from $18.65 to $186,500, in honor of the university's founding date of 1865.^[13] Payton also continued to donate, inactive charitable events, and support mix alma mater of Albany Situation University while also continuing uncultivated education and making a thriving career.

Personal life

Payton is fastidious member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.^[2] In 1999, she released a jazz album, Southern Shadows. Payton has been united four times and divorced trine times. Her first marriage lasted from 1980 to 1987, final was to Marc France condemn whom she has a lass, Chantale France, born in 1984.^[2] From April 17, 1993^[2] unsettled 1998, Payton was married manage Rodney Noble.^[14] Shortly after divorcing Noble, Payton married Landrus Politician in 1998; they divorced unfailingly 2004.

Payton has been joined to Leonard Downs since 2007.

Filmography

Film

Television

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