Jo Marie Payton
Jo Marie Payton (born
August 3,
1950 in
Albany, Georgia) is an American
actress, who starred most notably as
Harriette Winslow on the
ABC sitcom,
Family Matters and its parent series
Perfect Strangers. She was also the
voice of the character Suga Mama Proud on
Bruce W. Smith's
The Proud Family, which ended in August 2005, with reruns airing on
The Disney Channel,
Toon Disney, and
ABC Kids. Payton also had a recurring role as the personal assistant to
Gregory Hines' character, Ben Doucette (
Will Truman's boss), during season two of
Will & Grace (1999-2000).
She is a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. In
1999 she released a jazz album titled 'Southern Shadows'. She is married and has a daughter from a previous marriage.
In 2002, Payton and her daughter appeared on a Mother's Day episode of
Lingo, playing against fellow TV mom
Meredith Baxter and her daughter. Unfortunately for Payton, she and her daughter didn't win.
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