Portrait of Jo Anderson

Jo Anderson

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".

Born: June 29, 1958

Place of Birth: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2012
Perception

as Wendy Pierce

2009
Glee

as Marcia Dean

2008
Eleventh Hour

as Helen Cole

2006
2005
The Closer

as Leslie Phillips

2002
CSI: Miami

as Counselor

1999
Roswell

as Nancy Parker

1999
1996
Daylight

as Bloom

1996
Millennium

as Dr. Claudia Vaughn

1994
ER

as Mrs. Cunningham

1994
Season of Change

as Martha Parker

1993
1991
JFK

as Julia Ann Mercer

1991
Dead Again

as Sister Madeleine / Starlet

1990
Decoration Day

as Loreen Wendell

1990
Northern Exposure

as Jane Harris

1990
1989
Prime Target

as Megan McGuire

1988
Miles from Home

as Farmer's Wife

1988
I Saw What You Did

as Robyn Griffin

1987
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