Jo Marie Payton

Infobox actress


name = Jo Marie Payton
caption =
birthname = Jo Marie Payton
birthdate = birth date and age|1950|08|3
location = Albany, Georgia, U.S.
alias = "Credited as":
Jo Marie Payton-France
Jo Marie Payton-Noble
Jo Marie Payton
Jo Marie Payton-Clark
Jo Marie Payton France Noble-Clark
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = Actress
spouse = Landrus Clark (1998-2004)(divorced)
Rodney Noble (1993-?) (divorced)
Marc France (198?-?) (divorced)

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. 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. Payton and her daughter won.

Her other television credits include "Desperate Housewives", "Reba", "Girlfriends", "Wanda at Large", "Judging Amy", "The Parkers", "The Hughleys", "7th Heaven", "Moesha", "The Jamie Foxx Show", "227", "Silver Spoons", "Small Wonder" and "The New Odd Couple".

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