Anne Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson
Anne-Marie Johnson in 2006
Born	(1960-07-18) July 18, 1960 (age 57) 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.

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 a 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.

Johnson has been married to Martin Grey since 1996.

Anne-Marie Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is African American and her mother is Multiracial- American. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in Acting and Theater. Her first role was as Aileen Lewis on the 1984 NBC comedy series Double Trouble. She played Raj's wife Nadine Hudson Thomas in the 1985 syndicated series What's Happening Now!!.

Cast as Althea Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television series In the Heat of the Night, she became well known in this role, performing in series from 1988 through 1993.

While appearing on In the Heat of the Night, Johnson 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.