Did I Do That? A Look Back At Family Matters

Jo Marie Payton Now

Jo Marie Payton was so eager to pursue other projects that she left Family Matters before the final season was done shooting. Since then, she’s appeared in dozens of guest roles. She’s been on 7th Heaven, Will & Grace (as the personal assistant to Will Truman’s boss), Judging Amy, Girlfriends, Reba, Desperate Housewives, and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns.

In 2015, she even appeared in the television movie The Flight Before Christmas as the wife of a character played by Reginald VelJohnson, who also played her husband, Otis, on Family Matters. Her work earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2005.