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Daphne Maxwell Reid as Aunt Vivian on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Instead of writing Aunt Vivian off the show, they simply replaced her, adding Maxwell Reid to the cast beginning in season four and running through the show's sixth and final season.

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