
Acting
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".
tvPerception
2012
Wendy Pierce
tvGlee
2009
Marcia Dean
tvEleventh Hour
2008
Helen Cole
movieFat Rose and Squeaky
2006
Christine
tvThe Closer
2005
Leslie Phillips
tvCSI: Miami
2002
Counselor
movieRain
2001
Patsy
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Margo Dorton
tvRoswell
1999
Nancy Parker
movieCountdown: The Sky's on Fire
1999
Elizabeth Sobel
tvLegacy
1998
Megan Boone
tvFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
Pat White
movieDaylight
1996
Bloom
tvMillennium
1996
Dr. Claudia Vaughn
tvER
1994
Mrs. Cunningham
movieSeason of Change
1994
Martha Parker
movieJFK
1991
Julia Ann Mercer
movieDead Again
1991
Sister Madeleine / Starlet
movieDecoration Day
1990
Loreen Wendell
tvNorthern Exposure
1990
Jane Harris / Roslyn
moviePrime Target
1989
Megan McGuire
movieMiles from Home
1988
Farmer's Wife
movieI Saw What You Did
1988
Robyn Griffin
tvBeauty and the Beast
1987
Diana Bennett
tvMiami Vice
1984
Faye Nell
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Captain Melbeck's Secretary
tvColumbo
1971
Lydia Corman
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Loreen Wendell