Vernee Christell Watson ( January 14, 1954 , Trenton , New Jersey , USA [2] ) is an American actress , writer , acting teacher , director and producer .
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Content
- 1 Biography and career
- 2 Selected Filmography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography and career
Watson is known for supporting roles in Vernagina Williams in Welcome Back, Cotter ”(1975–79) [3] and Viola“ Vi ”Smith in“ The Prince of Beverly Hills ”(1990–96), where the mother of the hero Will Smith played. She also voiced Dee Dee in the animated animated series Hannah Barbera, Captain Caveman and the Teenage Angels ".
Watson has been married twice. Her first marriage with Joe Duckett lasted from 1976 to 1977 and the last time she was married to photographer Van Johnson from 1979 to 1991. Watson has a daughter - Sand Ginia Johnon (born 1983) [4] . In 2005, Watson witnessed the second case of Michael Jackson on child molestation [5] [6] .
Selected Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
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| 1970 | f | Cotton arrives in Harlem | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Woman |
| 1976 | tf | Under the hood | The boy in the plastic bubble | Gwen |
| 1979 - 1981 | from | Fantasy island | Fantasy island | Andrea / Rochelle Mackenzie / Carrie Wilson |
| 1980 | from | Eight is enough | Eight is enough | Jackie Calhoun |
| 1981 | f | All night long | All night long | Emily |
| 1981 | from | Jeffersons | The jeffersons | Carol |
| 2004 | ki | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | A pedestrian |
| 2006 | from | Desperate Housewives | Desperate housewives | Ambulance doctor |
| 2006 | from | Dexter | Dexter | Doakes mother |
| 2010 | from | Dr. House | House | Nurse Smiths |
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ Historical Dictionary of African American Television - Watson, Vernee (1954-) - Kathleen Fearn-Banks, Anne Burford-Johnson
- ↑ The A to Z of African-American Television - Vernee Watson - By Kathleen Fearn-Banks
- ↑ JET Magazine - Actress Vernee Watson Has First Child, Girl, 6 1/2 Lbs. - May 9, 1983
- ↑ Witness Testimony: 5/18: Actress Vernee Watson Johnson . CBS News . New York City : CBS . Date of treatment April 20, 2011.
- ↑ Michael Jackson Trial Continues (Eng.) // Life : magazine. - United States: Time Inc. , 2005 .-- 18 May.