Jo Marie Payton
Payton has gained some measure of celebrity playing Harriet Winslow, first as a recurring character--the sarcastic elevator operator at the newspaper office on the goofy "buddy" sitcom "Perfect Strangers" (ABC, 1987-89)--and subsequently as a regular, the long-suffering Mom who must endure the increasingly cartoonish antics of her blowhard husband and oddball neighbor (the infamous Steve Urkel) on the hit sitcom "Family Matters," a role she vacated in 1997 after the series moved from ABC to CBS. Ironically, though her character was ostensibly the original spur for the spin-off, Payton has been somewhat shunted aside by the phenomenal success of her young co-star Jaleel White as Urkel. Even before this happened, however, her on-screen husband Carl (Reginald VelJohnson) was emphasized over her. Later, the interplay between Urkel and Carl became the focus when the stylized nerd shared the spotlight at all. Perhaps Payton's qualities are more those of a supporting player than a star. In any event, she has been working steadily for about a decade.
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Jo Marie Payton
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Momma Said Come Home for Christmas | Dolly Roundtree (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends | Mrs. Dumas (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Family Matters Christmas | Henrietta (Character) | - | 2022 |
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A Very Charming Christmas Town | Estelle (Character) | - | 2020 |
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Christmas Made to Order | Rachel (Character) | - | 2018 |
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The Little Mermaid | Lorene (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jerico | Maebell (Character) | - | 2016 |
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The Flight Before Christmas | Marie (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From This Day Forward | Elena (Character) | - | 2012 |
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The Proud Family | Suga Mama (Voice) | - | 2005 |
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Gas | Loretta (Character) | - | 2004 |
TV
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100% | 26% | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Suga Mama (Voice) | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blaze and the Monster Machines | Grandma Ninja (Voice) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mann & Wife | Unknown (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doctors | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns | Shirley (Guest Star) | 2009 |
72% | 89% | Desperate Housewives | Charlene (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reba | Grandma Ruby (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girlfriends | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Proud Family | Suga Mama (Voice) | 2001-2004 |
50% | No Score Yet | Wanda at Large | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Parkers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hughleys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
54% | No Score Yet | The Ellen Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Mrs. Freeman (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moesha | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jamie Foxx Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Matters | Unknown (Character) | 1989-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Strangers | Unknown (Character) | 1987-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frank's Place | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Odd Couple | Unknown (Character) | 1982-1983 |