Leonard Downs is the husband of American actress and singer Jo Marie Payton. Leonard’s wife Jo Marie Payton is best known for her role as Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998) and for voicing Suga Mama Proud on Disney Channel’s animated series The Proud Family, a role she reprised in the TV Movie The Proud Family Movie and on Disney+’s revival The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.
Leonard Downs: Bio Summary
Who Is Jo Marie Payton’s Husband?
Leonard Downs is the man who is currently married to Jo Marie Payton. Leonard is someone who lives a very private life. He has kept details regarding his age, date of birth, parents, siblings, and other relatives away from the public. His educational details are not known. What he does for a living is unknown but he is believed to be working and earning money independently.
Leonard Downs is in the spotlight because of his marriage to actress and singer Jo Marie Payton. He and Jo Marie have been married since December 16, 2007. It has been more than 15 years since they got married. Leonard who lived a quiet life before his marriage to Jo Marie has continued to do so even after marrying the successful and popular entertainer. The couple do not have any children together.
Leonard has remained supportive of his wife Jo Marie. Like most marriages, Leonard and Jo Marie are suspected to have faced their share of marital problems but they have remained in love. Due to Leonard’s secretive nature, it is difficult to tell if his marriage to Jo Marie was his first or not. As for his wife Jo Marie, their marriage is her fourth marriage. Before marrying Leonard, Jo had three failed marriages.
Jo Marie Payton’s first marriage was to Marc France. She and Marc married in the year 1980 but unfortunately, things didn’t work out between them and they divorced in the year 1987. Thanks to her marriage to Marc, Jo had her only child Chantale France, who was born in 1984. She married Rodney Noble on April 17, 1993. They were married until the year 1998 when they divorced. They had no children.
Jo Marie Payton then got married for the third time to Landrus Clark. She and Landrus walked down the aisle in the year 1998 but they divorced in 2004. They had no children together. It was after her third marriage didn’t work out that she got married for the fourth time to Leonard Downs. Leonard and Jo Marie have remained by each other’s side through thick and thin.
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