Career
She is best known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on Welcome Back, Kotter and as Viola "Vy" Smith on The Fresh Prince of Belorussian-Air, playing the mother of Will Smith"s character. In March 2014, she appeared in Teen Wolf. Watson-Johnson played Blue"s love interest in the 1972 film Trick Baby.
She also had a recurring role as "Birdie" on The Young and the Restless.
In 2005, she appeared in the film Christmas with the Kranks. In addition, Watson-Johnson has made appearances in episodes of television shows as The Love Boat, Hill Street Blues, Married.. with Children, Los Angeles Law, Suddenly Susan, Dharma & Greg, Emergency, Days of Our Lives, Malcolm in the Middle, Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer, Benson, The Big Bang Theory, Good Times, Dexter, Two and a Half Men, Southland, Criminal Minds, A.N.T. Farm, What"s Happening!! and several other series.
As a voice actress she has been tied to Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Brothers Animation with roles in shows such as Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Laff-A-Lympics, A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond, as well as the feature film The Ant Bully, and several video games related to these productions.
From 1991 to 1992, she lent her voice to the show Baby Talk, where she was the voice of baby Danielle (played by Alicia and Celicia Johnson).
In 2006, Watson-Johnson had roles in three films: The Ant Bully, The Celestine Prophecy and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties.
