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Vernee Watson

Highest Rated: 100% Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)

Lowest Rated: 5% Christmas With the Kranks (2004)

Birthday: Jan 14, 1954

Birthplace: North Trenton, New Jersey, USA

A character actress with an extensive and decades-long career in some of the most well-known American television shows of their time, Vernee Watson-Johnson was perhaps most familiar to a generation as Viola 'Vy' Smith, the mother of Will Smith's lead character in the hugely popular sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC 1990-96). She also worked extensively as an animation voice artist. Offscreen, she was also in the media in 2005 when she appeared as a witness for the defense at the second trial of Michael Jackson on child molestation charges.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 86% Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
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92% 65% Clemency Watchlist
83% 88% Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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60% 40% No Turning Back
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43% 65% G.I. Joe: The Movie
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40% 70% Norman... Is That You?
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33% 22% All Night Long
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5% 39% Christmas With the Kranks
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You Look Familiar: Vernee Watson
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Diagnosis of Murder
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Filmography

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You Look Familiar: Vernee Watson 2021 Self Clemency 92% 65% 2019 Mrs. Collins Actor The Mandela Effect 64% 2019 Nadine Actor Home by Spring 50% 2018 Mrs. Wilson Actor A Man Called Jon 2015 Helen Black Actor Beyond the Heavens 2013 Chief Hauck Actor Highland Park 2013 May Actor Nocturnal Agony 2011 Lois Actor Applause for Miss E 67% 2008 Charlene Actor Admissions 56% 2004 Stanford Interviewer Actor Christmas With the Kranks 5% 39% 2004 Dox Actor No Turning Back 60% 40% 2001 Detective Bryan Actor Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker 100% 86% 2000 Mrs. Carr Voice Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 83% 88% 1993 Additional Voices Voice Diagnosis of Murder 1992 Esther Wiggins Actor G.I. Joe: The Movie 43% 65% 1987 Scientist Voice All Night Long 33% 22% 1981 Emily Actor The Violation of Sarah McDavid 1981 Kip Leslie Actor Death Drug 1978 Carolyn Actor The Boy in the Plastic Bubble 47% 1976 Gwen Actor Norman... Is That You? 40% 70% 1976 Melody Actor
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