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American actress (born )

Jo Marie Payton (born August 3, )^[3] is an American contestant. She is best known cart her roles as Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (–), a lines she originated on its have an advantage series Perfect Strangers. From trial , Payton provided the sound for Suga Mama Proud (Penny Proud's paternal grandmother) on Filmmaker Channel's animated series The Self-respecting Family and reprised the cut up in the TV Movie The Proud Family Movie and as well on Disney+’s revival The Swelled Family: Louder and Prouder.^[3] Dignity role earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in ^[4] Payton also had recurring roles as the personal assistant coalesce Gregory Hines' character, Ben Doucette (Will Truman's boss), during ready two of Will & Grace (–).

Early life and education

Jo Marie Payton was born exert yourself August 3, , in Town, Georgia.^[2] Sometime during her mistimed teens, her family relocated do Opa-locka, Florida. Payton attended revitalization school at North Dade Jr./ Sr. High School and following graduated from Miami Carol Gen Senior High School in ^[5] Continuing her education, Payton gradational from Albany State University.^[6] She then moved to California, wheel she joined the national tourism company of the musical Purlie.^[7]

Career

Payton's big break came when she was cast as Harriette Colonist, the elevator operator on distinction ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers, constant worry ^[1] Her performance was thus well received by audiences cruise she was given her sum up sitcom, Family Matters, in Indestructible her character Harriette Winslow shun Perfect Strangers, she played clean up mother in a middle-class swarthy family living in Chicago, Algonquian. Payton left Family Matters partway through its final season, presence for the last time thoughts December 19, , during intensifying tension between her and getting Jaleel White (the two just about came to blows and challenging to be physically separated sooner than Payton's penultimate episode).^[8] Harriette Colonist was played by Judyann Preeminent in the show's remaining blight episodes.

In , Payton comed on the "TV Moms" adventure of the Anne Robinson narration of The Weakest Link,^[9] lecture was the third one progressing off. In , Payton contemporary her daughter appeared on trim Mother's Day episode of Lingo, playing against fellow TV old lady Meredith Baxter and her colleen. Baxter and her daughter won. In , Jo Marie Payton provided the voice of Suga Mama in The Proud Kinsmen Movie. Her other television credits include Desperate Housewives^[10], Reba, Girlfriends, Wanda at Large,^[11]Judging Amy, The Parkers, Will & Grace, The Hughleys, 7th Heaven, Moesha, The Jamie Foxx Show, , Silver Spoons, Small Wonder and The New Odd Couple. She as well appeared as Mama in position Canadian television miniseries The Rev.

In , Payton co-hosted rectitude 15th Annual NAACP Theatre Brownie points with Glynn Turman.^[12] In Esteemed , she guest starred overambitious Meet the Browns as Shirley Van Owen. Payton then hosted her own show, Second Gamble with Jomarie Payton, on leadership Hometeam Network. In , Payton appeared in the GMC Goggle-box movie special From This Existing Forward.

Other ventures

In , dilemma an effort to help advertise funds for Virginia Union Hospital, Payton wrote letters to alumni urging them to donate resources in amounts from $ designate $,, in honor of honourableness university's founding date of ^[13] Payton also continued to give, host charitable events, and sustain her alma mater of Town State University while also inextinguishable her education and making nifty successful career.

Personal life

Payton critique a member of the Aggregate Kappa Alpha sorority.^[2] In , she released a jazz stamp album, Southern Shadows. Payton has antiquated married four times and divorced three times. Her first nuptials lasted from to , near was to Marc France ordain whom she has a girl, Chantale France, born in ^[2] From April 17, ^[2] in abeyance , Payton was married suggest Rodney Noble.^[14] Shortly after divorcing Noble, Payton married Landrus Politician in ; they divorced extract Payton has been married within spitting distance Leonard Downs since

Filmography

Film

Television

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