Jo Marie Payton

Born: 1950-08-03

Jo Marie Payton is an American actress and singer who starred as Harriette Baines–Winslow, the matriarch of the Winslow family on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998), a role she originated on its forerunner series Perfect Strangers. From 2001 to 2005, Payton provided the voice for Suga Mama Proud (Penny Proud's grandmother) on Disney Channel's animated series The Proud Family and Disney+’s upcoming revival The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The role earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 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).


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Colors

as 2nd Woman in Recreation Center
Released: 1988-04-15

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled...

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The Little Mermaid

as Lorene
Released: 2018-08-02

A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be...

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Christmas Made to Order

as Rachel
Released: 2018-12-23

When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he...

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The Beach Bum

as Judge
Released: 2019-03-21

An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue...

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Troop Beverly Hills

as Saleswoman
Released: 1989-03-24

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking...

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Crossroads

as uncredited
Released: 1986-03-14

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

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The Flight Before Christmas

as Marie
Released: 2015-12-01

Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a...

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The Proud Family Movie

as Suga Mama (voice)
Released: 2005-08-19

Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures...

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Deal of the Century

as Baptist #1
Released: 1983-11-04

Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a...

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A Student's Obsession

as Linda
Released: 2015-11-24

High school teacher Stephanie breaks the cardinal rule of not getting romantically involved with...

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Gas

as Loretta
Released: 2004-01-01

Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that...

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A Very Charming Christmas Town

as Estelle
Released: 2020-11-08

Aubrey Lang, a travel and lifestyle blogger, goes to the little town of Solvang for her next...

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A Family Matters Christmas

as Henrietta
Released: 2022-11-07

Christmas is anything but ordinary when three bickering siblings from a newly blended household...

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Jerico

as Maebell
Released: 2016-04-30

The story of best friends who set out on a dangerous, but comedic journey that challenges the...

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From This Day Forward

as Elena
Released: 2012-05-12

Patrice and Corrine are two sexy, confident women with great relationships, but they've got it...

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Momma Said Come Home For Christmas

as Dolly Roundtree
Released: 2023-11-01

The matriarch of a family calls all her children home for Christmas, but this will be a vacation...

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Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

as Mrs. Dumas
Released: 2023-02-11

A story about longtime friends whom have known one another since college. All of whom have been...

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Desperate Housewives

as Charlene
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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Family Matters

as Harriette Winslow
First aired: 1989-09-22

A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family...

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Will & Grace

as Mrs. Freeman
First aired: 1998-09-21

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement...

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Sherri

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-09-12

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears...

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Judging Amy

as Mrs. Kahn
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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Girlfriends

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-09-11

The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of...

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Reba

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-10-05

After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly...

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Lilo & Stitch: The Series

as Suga Mama Proud (voice)
First aired: 2003-09-20

This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's...

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7th Heaven

as Sharon Peacock
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Perfect Strangers

as Harriette Winslow
First aired: 1986-03-25

The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant...

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The Jamie Foxx Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-28

Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and...

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Moesha

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-01-23

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...

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The Proud Family

as Suga Mama Proud (voice)
First aired: 2001-09-15

Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's...

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The Parkers

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-08-30

The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A...

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227

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-14

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington,...

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The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

as Suga Mama Proud (voice)
First aired: 2022-02-23

Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they...

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Wanda at Large

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-03-26

Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The...

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The New Odd Couple

as Mona
First aired: 1982-10-29

The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated...

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Teachers Only

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-14

Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the...

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