Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson
Anne-Marie Johnson in 2006
Born	(1960-07-18) July 18, 1960 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actress, impressionist
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	Martin Grey (1996–present)

Anne-Marie Johnson (born July 18, 1960) is an American actress and impressionist who has starred in film and on television.^[1]

Anne-Marie Johnson is perhaps best known for her roles as Nadine Hudson Thomas on What's Happening Now!!, Aileen Lewis on "Double Trouble", Althea Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night, and as a cast member on In Living Color during its final season. Anne-Marie is the former First Vice-President of the Screen Actor's Guild. She ran for president of the actors' union in 2009 on the Membership First ticket, but lost to eventual winner Ken Howard.^[2]

Johnson has been married to Martin Grey since 1996.

Biography

Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in Acting and Theater.^[3] Her first role was as Aileen Lewis in on the 1984 NBC comedy series Double Trouble. After the 1985 syndicated series What's Happening Now!! (as Raj's wife Nadine Hudson Thomas), she became well known for portraying Althea Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television series In the Heat of the Night from 1988–1993.

While appearing on In the Heat of the Night, she recorded the song "Little Drummer Boy" for the 1991 cast Christmas CD "Christmas Time's A Comin'." Providing vocals behind her were country gospel legends The Marksmen Quartet and Nashville drummer Monty Hall. The song was produced by co-stars Randall Franks and Alan Autry.

Career

She joined the cast of the Fox Network sketch comedy series In Living Color in its last season (1993–1994); afterwards she portrayed Alycia Barnett in one season of the Fox series Melrose Place (1995–1996). She had a recurring role on the CBS television series JAG as Representative Bobbi Latham.

She has made guest appearances on other television series, including Diff'rent Strokes, Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Babylon 5, Living Single, That's So Raven, Leverage, Girlfriends, The Parkers and Rock Me Baby. Other appearances include playing fashion designer Donna Cabonna on That's So Raven and television reporter Janet King on I'm in the Band.

She appeared on the game show Card Sharks, where her name was listed as "Anne Johnson". She later appeared on the game show Child's Play under her full name, as well as a very early episode of the game show "Body Language," as Anne Marie Johnson, where she described herself as a "struggling actress." She was elected First National Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild in 2005. In 2010, she was succeeded by Ned Vaughn. She is currently appearing in the new police procedural series Murder in the First on TNT. She plays the dying wife of homicide detective, Terry English.

Celebrity Impressions on In Living Color

• Boss
• Oprah Winfrey
• Regina King
• Mary Tyler Moore (in a one-shot Mary Tyler Moore show parody featuring an all-black cast)
• Lynn Whitfield
• Shari Belafonte
• Robin Givens
• Karyn Parsons
• Sally Struthers (as "Gloria Bunker-Stivic" in All Up in The Family, an All in the Family parody that featured an all-black cast)
• Whitney Houston

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Anne-Marie Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• In the Heat of the Night Fan Club