Jo Marie Payton

Jo Marie Payton

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).

  • Popularity : 5.242
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1950-08-03
  • Place of Birth : Albany, Georgia, USA
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Jo Marie Payton Movies

  • 1989
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    Troop Beverly Hills

    Troop Beverly Hills

    5.7 1989 HD

    A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.

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  • 1988
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    Colors

    Colors

    6.5 1988 HD

    A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is...

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  • 1986
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    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    7.303 1986 HD

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

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  • 2023
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    Momma Said Come Home For Christmas

    Momma Said Come Home For Christmas

    1 2023 HD

    The matriarch of a family calls all her children home for Christmas, but this will be a vacation full of surprises as lovers bond and family members...

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  • 2022
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    A Family Matters Christmas

    A Family Matters Christmas

    5.7 2022 HD

    Christmas is anything but ordinary when three bickering siblings from a newly blended household cannot see eye to eye. The youngest one, while...

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  • 2015
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    A Student's Obsession

    A Student's Obsession

    5.2 2015 HD

    High school teacher Stephanie breaks the cardinal rule of not getting romantically involved with one of her students. To make things worse, her...

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  • 2015
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    The Flight Before Christmas

    The Flight Before Christmas

    5.4 2015 HD

    Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas...

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  • 1983
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    Deal of the Century

    Deal of the Century

    4.6 1983 HD

    Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications;...

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  • 2018
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    The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    5 2018 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Gas

    Gas

    8 2004 HD

    Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family...

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  • 2005
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    The Proud Family Movie

    The Proud Family Movie

    5.8 2005 HD

    Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't...

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  • 2012
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    From This Day Forward

    From This Day Forward

    10 2012 HD

    Patrice and Corrine are two sexy, confident women with great relationships, but they've got it all wrong when it comes to love. Before they drive...

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  • 2023
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    Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

    Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

    1 2023 HD

    A story about longtime friends whom have known one another since college. All of whom have been doing well since, with careers in the entertainment...

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  • 2018
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    Christmas Made to Order

    Christmas Made to Order

    6.1 2018 HD

    When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday...

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  • 2016
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    Jerico

    Jerico

    1 2016 HD

    The story of best friends who set out on a dangerous, but comedic journey that challenges the restrictions of a Jim Crow South to fulfill their...

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  • 2019
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    The Beach Bum

    The Beach Bum

    5.655 2019 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    A Very Charming Christmas Town

    A Very Charming Christmas Town

    5.6 2020 HD

    Aubrey Lang, a travel and lifestyle blogger, goes to the little town of Solvang for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most...

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  • 2001
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    The Proud Family

    The Proud Family

    7.821 2001 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of...

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  • 2001
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    Reba

    Reba

    6.7 2001 HD

    After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

    7.9 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 1986
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    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

    6.624 1986 HD

    The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki...

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  • 1999
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    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

    7.5 1999 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy...

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  • 1996
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    The Jamie Foxx Show

    The Jamie Foxx Show

    6.8 1996 HD

    Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and fortune in the entertainment industry. To support...

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.8 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 2000
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    Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

    7.6 2000 HD

    The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and...

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  • 1996
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    Moesha

    Moesha

    6.8 1996 HD

    Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood...

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  • 1999
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    The Parkers

    The Parkers

    8.2 1999 HD

    The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers features the...

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  • 1989
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    Family Matters

    Family Matters

    6.7 1989 HD

    A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor,...

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  • 1996
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    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

    6.4 1996 HD

    Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and...

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  • 1998
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    Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

    6.828 1998 HD

    Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along...

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  • 2004
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    The Big House

    The Big House

    7 2004 HD

    The Big House is an American prime time television sitcom starring actor/comedian Kevin Hart. It ran on the ABC television network in April 2004,...

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  • 2003
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    Wanda at Large

    Wanda at Large

    7.2 2003 HD

    Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The series was created by and stars comedian Wanda Sykes.

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  • 2022
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    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    7 2022 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity and heart. The...

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  • 2003
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    Lilo & Stitch: The Series

    Lilo & Stitch: The Series

    7.4 2003 HD

    This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's beloved Experiment 626, who is now living happily as...

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  • 2022
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    Sherri

    Sherri

    4.2 2022 HD

    Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop...

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  • 1982
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    Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

    5 1982 HD

    Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the first season the school was Millard Fillmore High in...

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  • 1982
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    The New Odd Couple

    The New Odd Couple

    4.5 1982 HD

    The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd...

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