Janet Louise Hubert was born in Chicago, IL. She is best known for playing the sassy, witty, outgoing, protective mom on the hit TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). Janet Hubert spent most of her childhood growing up in Momence, IL. That changed when she won a scholarship to Julliard School in New York City. After Juilliard, Janet studied...
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (1991)
Movies
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1993), “One Life To Live” (2005, 2010), “Gilmore Girls” (2002), Christmas at Water's Edge (TV film, 2004), 30 Years to Life (2001), Proud (2004), Goode Behavior (1997), Dave's World (1994)
TV Shows
“Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (1982), “Dancin" (1978), “The Bernie Mac Show” (2003)
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Self-published an autobiography titled "Perfection is Not a Sitcom Mom" in 2009. The book details life before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), with juicy details of life on the set of one one of the most beloved sitcoms from the 1990s, such as her much written and talked about departures, orchestrated by Will Smith according to Hubert and now validated in the biography series Life After (2009).
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Graduated from Momence High School, Momence, Illinois in 1974.