Jo Marie Payton Biography
Jo Marie Payton is a singer and actress from the United States. Payton’s big break came in 1987 when she was cast as Harriette Winslow, the lift operator on ABC’s Perfect Strangers.
Jo Marie Payton Age
Payton was born in in Albany, Georgia United States of America on August 3, 1950. She is 73 years old as of August 2023.
Jo Marie Payton Height
Jo stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches.
Jo Marie Payton Education
Payton attended North Dade Jr./Sr. High School before graduating from Miami Carol City Senior High School in 1968. Payton continued her schooling by graduating from Albany State University. She afterwards relocated to California to join the national touring company of the musical Purlie.
Jo Marie Payton Family- Parents
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Jo Marie Payton Career
She is most known for her appearances as Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998), which she originated on the series Perfect Strangers. Payton voiced Suga Mama Proud (Penny Proud’s paternal grandmother) on Disney Channel’s animated series The Proud Family from 2001 to 2005, and repeated the character in the 2005 TV Movie The Proud Family Movie and on Disney+’s reboot The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. In 2005, she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her performance. During season two of Will & Grace (1999-2000), Payton appeared as the personal assistant to Gregory Hines’ character, Ben Doucette (Will Truman’s boss).
Payton’s big break came in 1987 when she was cast as Harriette Winslow, the lift operator on ABC’s Perfect Strangers. Because her performance was so well praised, she was given her own comedy, Family Matters, in 1989. She played a mother in a middle-class black household in Chicago, Illinois, reprising her Perfect Strangers character Harriette Winslow. Payton left Family Matters midway through its last season, last appearing on December 19, 1997, during rising tensions between her and star Jaleel White (the two nearly collided and had to be forcefully separated during Payton’s penultimate episode). Judyann Elder played Harriette Winslow in the remaining eight episodes of the show.
Payton was the third person voted off the Anne Robinson edition of The Weakest Link’s “TV Moms” episode in 2002. Payton and her kid participated on a Mother’s Day episode of Lingo in 2003, competing against fellow television mom Meredith Baxter and her daughter. Baxter and her daughter were victorious. Jo Marie Payton provides the voice of Suga Mama in The Proud Family Movie in 2005. Desperate Housewives[10], Reba, Girlfriends, Wanda at Large, Judging Amy, The Parkers, Will & Grace, The Hughleys, 7th Heaven, Moesha, The Jamie Foxx Show, 227, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder, and The New Odd Couple are among her other television credits. She also played Mama in the Canadian TV drama The Rev.
Payton and Glynn Turman co-hosted the 15th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards in 2005. Payton had an appearance as Shirley Van Owen on Meet the Browns in August 2009. Payton aired her own show, Second Chance with Jomarie Payton, on the Hometeam Network. Payton appeared in the GMC TV movie special From This Day Forward in 2012. Payton wrote letters to alumni in 2004 in a bid to raise donations for Virginia Union University, requesting them to donate money ranging from $18.65 to $186,500 in honor of the University’s foundation date of 1865. Payton also continued to donate, host philanthropic events, and promote her alma institution, Albany State University, while still pursuing a successful job and furthering her education.
Jo Marie Payton’s Net Worth
Marie has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars.
Jo Marie Payton Movies
2000 7th Heaven
2001–05 The Proud Family
2002 The Hughleys
The Parkers
2003 Judging Amy
Wanda at Large
2004 The Big House
Girlfriends
2005 Lilo & Stitch
Reba Grandma
2006 Desperate Housewives
2009 Meet the Browns
2010 The Glades
2013 The Rev
2015 Chopped
2015–16 Mann & Wife
2019 Blaze and the Monster Machines
2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2023 Chibiverse