Jo Anne Worley

Jo Anne Worley (born on September 6, 1937) is an American actress. Her work covers television, movies, theater, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. She is best known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Image File history File links Celeb_joanne. ... Image File history File links Celeb_joanne. ... This article is about the day of the year. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was a United States comedy television show broadcast for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 through 1973 over the NBC network. ...

Biography

Worley was born in Lowell, Indiana, the third of five children. In 1962, her father remarried and his second union gave her two half-brothers and two half-sisters. Always remembered for her loud voice, Worley once said that when she attended church as a little girl, she never sang the hymns but would only lip-synch them for fear that she would drown out everyone else. Before graduating from high school, she was named the School Comedienne. Lowell is a small developing town located in Lake County, Indiana. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

After graduating from high school in 1955, Worley moved to Bleauvelt, New York, where she began her professional career as a member of the Pickwick Players. This led to a drama scholarship to Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas. After studying at Midwestern for two years, she moved to Los Angeles to study at the Los Angeles City College and the Pasadena Playhouse. She was soon given her first musical role in a production of Wonderful Town. In 1961, she received her first major break when she appeared in the musical revue Billy Barnes People; this performance soon moved to Broadway. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midwestern University is a graduate school of medicine located in Downers Grove, Illinois and Glendale, Arizona. ... Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Los Angeles City College is a community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. ... The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Billy Barnes (born January 27, 1927 in Los Angeles, California) is a six-time Emmy Award nominated composer/lyricst. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

In 1964, Worley was chosen to be a stand-in the original Broadway production of Hello Dolly! One year later, she created her own nightclub act in Greenwich Village, where she was discovered by talk-show host Merv Griffin in 1966. Impressed by Worley's talents, Griffin allowed her to be one of his primary guest stars on his show, where she made approximately 200 appearances. That same year, she co-starred Off-Broadway in The Mad Show, a musical revue based on Mad Magazine. In 1967, her stint on Griffin's show led to her discovery by George Schlatter, who soon cast her in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Merv Griffin Mervyn Merv Edward Griffin, Jr. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... The Mad Show is a successful off-Broadway musical revue based on Mad Magazine. ... Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was a United States comedy television show broadcast for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 through 1973 over the NBC network. ...

In 1970, she left Laugh-In to pursue other projects and has made guest appearances on several TV shows, including Love, American Style, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Andy Williams Show, and different game shows, such as Hollywood Squares. She continued working in various movies, TV shows, and theatrical performances (original productions and revivals alike) over the years; and she also became known for her work as a voice provider for several cartoons and animated movies (particularly Disney movies). In 1989, she returned to Broadway to appear in the original performance of Prince of Central Park. Her voice work includes the Disney movies Beauty and the Beast (1991), A Goofy Movie (1995), and Belle's Magical World (1998). 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beauty and the Beast is the thirtieth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Goofy Movie is a 1995 animated feature, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris and released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution, featuring the characters from the Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Worley continues to perform today in several acting circuits in New York and Los Angeles, and she has also been active at times in the lecture circuit. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Actors and Others for Animals. Her most recent role was playing the voice of the Wardrobe in Kingdom Hearts 2. Kingdom Hearts II is an RPG video game sequel to 2002 Kingdom Hearts. ...

External links

• Jo Anne Worley at The Internet Movie Database
• Worley World