
Jo Anderson
Acting • Born 1958-06-29
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
29 credits
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
Movie • 1999
Elizabeth Sobel

Decoration Day
Movie • 1990
Loreen Wendell

Prime Target
Movie • 1989
Megan McGuire

I Saw What You Did
Movie • 1988
Robyn Griffin

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Movie • 1993

Miles from Home
Movie • 1988
Farmer's Wife

JFK
Movie • 1991
Julia Ann Mercer

Fat Rose and Squeaky
Movie • 2006
Christine

Daylight
Movie • 1996
Bloom

Season of Change
Movie • 1994
Martha Parker

Dead Again
Movie • 1991
Sister Madeleine / Starlet

Columbo
TV • 1971
Lydia Corman

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Margo Dorton

thirtysomething
TV • 1987

The Closer
TV • 2005
Leslie Phillips

CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Counselor

Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Faye Nell

Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Diana Bennett

Millennium
TV • 1996
Dr. Claudia Vaughn

Roswell
TV • 1999
Nancy Parker

Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Jane Harris

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Loreen Wendell

ER
TV • 1994
Mrs. Cunningham

Eleventh Hour
TV • 2008
Helen Cole

Dream Street
TV • 1989

Perception
TV • 2012
Wendy Pierce

From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Pat White

Glee
TV • 2009
Marcia Dean

Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Roslyn