Jo Anderson
Born: 1958-06-29 in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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".
Filmography
2012
- Perception as Wendy Pierce
2009
- Glee as Marcia Dean
2008
- Eleventh Hour as Helen Cole
2006
- Fat Rose and Squeaky as Christine
2005
- The Closer as Leslie Phillips
2002
- CSI: Miami as Counselor
2001
- Rain as Patsy
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Margo Dorton
1999
- Roswell as Nancy Parker
- Countdown: The Sky's on Fire as Elizabeth Sobel
1998
- From the Earth to the Moon as Pat White
1996
- Millennium as Dr. Claudia Vaughn
- Daylight as Bloom
1994
- ER as Mrs. Cunningham
- Season of Change as Martha Parker
1991
- JFK as Julia Ann Mercer
- Dead Again as Sister Madeleine / Starlet
1990
- Northern Exposure as Jane Harris
- Decoration Day as Loreen Wendell
1989
- Dream Street
- Prime Target as Megan McGuire
1988
- Miles from Home as Farmer's Wife
- I Saw What You Did as Robyn Griffin
1987
- thirtysomething
- Beauty and the Beast as Diana Bennett
1984
- Miami Vice as Faye Nell
1971
- Columbo as Lydia Corman
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Loreen Wendell