who played the mother on fresh prince of bel air
Daphne Maxwell Reid Janet Hubert-Whitten
title: Vernee Watson-Johnson text: Vernee Watson-Johnson Vernee Christell Watson-Johnson (born Vernee Christell Watson; January 14, 1954) is an American actress, author, voice artist, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is best known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975–79) and as Viola "Vy" Smith on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990–96), playing the mother of Will Smith's character. She also voiced Dee Dee on Hanna-Barbera's animated series "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels". She also appeared in an "NCIS" episode (Season 14, Episode 2: "Being Bad"). Watson-Johnson played Blue's love interest in the 1972 film "Trick Baby". She was also a title: Vernee Watson-Johnson text: last married to photographer Van Johnson from 1979 to 1991. Watson-Johnson has a daughter name Sunde Jinia Johnson (b. 1983) with Johnson. In 2005, Watson-Johnson was a witness in Michael Jackson's second case of child molestation. Vernee Watson-Johnson Vernee Christell Watson-Johnson (born Vernee Christell Watson; January 14, 1954) is an American actress, author, voice artist, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is best known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975–79) and as Viola "Vy" Smith on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990–96), playing the mother of Will Smith's character. She also voiced Dee Dee on Hanna-Barbera's title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air text: (Vivian Banks) guest starred as Dr. Maxwell Stanton's parents (Stanton was played by Ribeiro). Both Avery and Reid portrayed the parents of Ribeiro's "Fresh Prince" character. Joseph Marcell, who played the wisecracking Geoffrey Butler on "Fresh Prince", appeared as an officiating minister in the same episode. The show is notable for having a heavy celebrity guest presence with more than 40 celebrities guest starring throughout the series. Seasons 1 and 4 had the highest celebrity participation with 10 guest stars each. The series received mixed critical reviews. The series was produced by NBC Productions in association with the Stuffed Dog title: Karyn Parsons text: Karyn Parsons Karyn Parsons (born October 8, 1966) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" from 1990 to 1996. Parsons also starred in the 1995 film "Major Payne" opposite Damon Wayans. Parsons was born in Los Angeles, California. In an interview for "Essence" in 2008, she described her parentage as biracial. Her mother, Louise Parsons, is an African American from Charleston, South Carolina and her father, Kenneth B. Parsons, is of Welsh descent and from Butte, Montana. She attended Santa Monica High title: Janet Hubert text: Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" from its first season 1990 until the end of its third season in 1993. Hubert was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in 1991. Hubert was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent her early days growing up on Chicago's South Side. At the age of nine she moved with her family to rural