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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

28

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-06-29 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Jo Anderson

Biography

Jo Anderson was born on June 29th in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in suburban Tenafly, New Jersey and was one of four children in her family. She has naturally red hair and blue eyes. She is 5'7 1/2" tall. Jo began to write poetry and prose at age fourteen. She attended Adelphi University on Long Island, NY. She is a woman of many talents. She studied dance for years, and is a writer and a poet, as well as being an actress. She began her acting and dancing career in Manhattan. She has been in a number of theatrical productions in New York, both off and off-off Broadway. In 1985, she starred in the one-woman play "Marie", which she had written about Marie Curie. She moved from New York to Los Angeles in the mid-80s. Jo has studied with the actor Michael Moriarty and is a member of the prestigious Actor's Studio. Her other studies include the Chekhov Studio, the Lecoq Improvisation and Clowning and the Comedia del Arte. Jo has starred in several television shows, appeared in many films, as well as many TV movies. Recently she starred in the film "Fat Rose and Squeaky" and has guest-starred in such shows as "CSI", "Eleventh Hour", and "Glee".

Known For

Acting

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire

1999

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire

as

Elizabeth Sobel

Decoration Day

1990

Decoration Day

as

Loreen Wendell

Prime Target

1989

Prime Target

as

Megan McGuire

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as

Wendy Simmons

I Saw What You Did

1988

I Saw What You Did

as

Robyn Griffin

Miles from Home

1988

Miles from Home

as

Farmer's Wife

JFK

1991

JFK

as

Julia Ann Mercer

Fat Rose and Squeaky

2006

Fat Rose and Squeaky

as

Christine

Daylight

1996

Daylight

as

Bloom

Season of Change

1994

Season of Change

as

Martha Parker

Dead Again

1991

Dead Again

as

Sister Madeleine / Starlet

Columbo

Columbo

as

Lydia Corman

The Closer

The Closer

as

Leslie Phillips

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

as

Counselor

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

as

Diana Bennett

Roswell

Roswell

as

Nancy Parker

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Loreen Wendell

ER

ER

as

Mrs. Cunningham

Perception

Perception

as

Wendy Pierce

Glee

Glee

as

Marcia Dean

Production

Crew

Directing