Taborah Johnson, also known as Tabby Johnson, is a Canadian singer and actress. She is the sister of actor

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and rock and jazz singer

Molly Johnson Margaret Leslie "Molly" Johnson, Order of Canada, OC is a Canadian singer of pop and jazz. Biography Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Johnson's b ...

. She began her career in the

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production of ''

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'' as a teenager. She was subsequently a backing vocalist for

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from 1979 to 1982, including on James' most famous single, " Super Freak". She subsequently returned to Toronto, where she sang as a

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performer and as a backing vocalist for her sister Molly's band

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, and acted in occasional film and television roles, including appearances on ''

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'', '' Airwaves'', ''

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'', and Clark's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', and regular roles in the children's series '' Polka Dot Door'', ''

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'' as Auntie Macassar from 1992 to 1996, and '' Noddy'', as well as the film '' A Holiday Romance''. She appeared as the FLOTUS' Chief of Staff, assistant to the First Lady, in her brother Clark's feature film '' The Sentinel'', and the 1984 HBO TV movie ''The Guardian'' with Lou Gossett and Martin Sheen. She has also been working as creating voices in animation such as '' Star Wars: Ewoks'', '' Star Wars: Droids'', ''

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'', '' The Care Bears'', '' Rupert'', '' Beverly Hills Teens'', '' Little Shop'', ''

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'', ''

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' (French: ''Jayce et les Conquérants de la Lumière'') is an animated show which was first broadcast on TF1 on September 9, 1985, on the block ''Salut les p'tits loups!'', and eventually on September 16 in the ...

'', ''

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'', '' Madballs'', '' My Pet Monster'', '' Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'', ''

Ned's Newt ''Ned's Newt'' is an animated television series created by Andy Knight and Mike Burgess and co-produced by Nelvana and German company TV-Loonland AG, TMO Film GmbH (later renamed as "TMO-Loonland Film GmbH" in seasons 2–3) in conjunction with ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' ALF: The Animated Series'', '' Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend'', '' Bad Dog'', '' Little Rosey'', ''

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'', '' The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', '' Committed'', '' George Shrinks'', '' The Animal Shelf'', '' Franklin'', '' Quads!'', '' Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse'', '' Little Bear'', Silent Witness: What a Child Saw and '' Sam and Max: Freelance Police''. In February 2005, Johnson joined Toronto jazz station

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as the part-time host of a weekly, two-hour,

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show. She left CJRT barely two months later. In the summer of 2005, she appeared on Toronto news/talk station

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, filling in for Mark Elliot on his late night

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shift. In September, the station named her to a permanent, part-time, shift on Saturdays from 4 to 6 p.m. EST. She is no longer employed by the station.

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