# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernee-watson-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:43.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernee-watson-johnson"
name: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
slug: "vernee-watson-johnson"
description: "Vernee Christell Watson is an American actress, author, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), as Viola \"Vy\" Smith on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), playing the mother of Will Smith's character and head nurse Gloria Tyler on Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–2024). She is often featured in guest or recurring roles as a nurse. Since 2017 she has played Stella Henry on General Hospital."
tagline: "American actress (b. 1954)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.99
  momentum:             7.348849652220439
  historical:           12.73384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914937/"
    handle:    "nm0914937"
sources:
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    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤيرنى واتسون جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ورنی واتسون-جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernee_Watson-Johnson"
    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ورنی واتسون-جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernee_Watson-Johnson"
    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernee_Watson-Johnson"
    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernee_Watson-Johnson"
    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernee_Watson-Johnson"
    title: "Vernee Watson-Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Уотсон, Верни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernee-Watson Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%B9%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ورنی واٹسن جانسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614262"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump