Jo Anne Worley
Biography
Jo Anne Worley is an American actress, comedian and singer whose career has spanned television, film, theater and voice work. Born in Lowell, Indiana, she began performing with the Pickwick Players and studied at the Pasadena Playhouse before her first musical role in Wonderful Town. Her break came in 1961 with the revue Billy Barnes People, which moved to Broadway, and she was later a standby for the lead in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. She also appeared in the Off-Broadway musical revue The Mad Show. In 1967 George Schlatter cast her in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the comedy-variety show that made her widely known; she left it in 1970. She became a familiar voice in animation, including the Disney features Beauty and the Beast (1991), A Goofy Movie (1995), and Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998), and returned to Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone in 2007.
89years old
Turns 90 on September 6in 337 days
- Born Lowell
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 37 years1971 to 2008
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Big break
Worley's first major break came in 1961 when she appeared in the Los Angeles musical revue Billy Barnes People, which then moved to Broadway but ran for only six performances.
Big break
Worley put together a nightclub act of her own in Greenwich Village. Merv Griffin found her performing there in 1966, one year after she created the act.
Big break
Worley's appearances on The Merv Griffin Show led George Schlatter to discover her in 1967 and cast her in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
Early training
After high school, Worley moved to Blauvelt, New York, and joined the Pickwick Players, which started her professional career. That led to a drama scholarship at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Jo Anne Worley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Frank Welker appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frank Welker's page
Jim Cummings's page
Rob Paulsen's page
David Ogden Stiers's page
Robby Benson's page
Jerry Orbach's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Kimmy RobertsonBelle's Magical World (1998) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Paige O'HaraBelle's Magical World (1998) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.