Jo Anne Worley

Jo Anne Worley (born September 6, 1937) (age 71) is an American actress. Her work covers television, movies, theater, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. She is best known for work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

Biography
Worley was born in Lowell, Indiana, the third of five children. In 1962, her father remarried and his second union gave her two half-brothers and two-half sisters. Always remembered for her loud voice, Worley once said that when she attended church as a little girl, she never sang the Hymns but would only Lip-synch them for fear that she would drown out everyone else. Before graduating from High school, she was named School Comedienne.

After graduating from high school in 1955, Worley moved to Blauvelt, New York, where she began her professional career as a member of the Pickwick Players. This led to a drama scholarship Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.

After studying at Midwestern for two years, she moved to Los Angeles to study at Los Angeles City College and the Pasadena Playhouse. She was soon given her first musical role in a production of Wonderful Town. In 1961, she received her first major break when she appeared in the musical revue Billy Barnes People; this performance soon moved to Broadway.

In 1964, Worley was selected to appear as a stand-in on the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! One year later, she created her own nightclub act in Greenwich Village, where she was discovered by Merv Griffin in 1966.

Impressed by Worley's talents, Griffin allowed her to be one of his primary guest stars on his show, where she made approximately 200 appearances. That same year, she co-starred Off-broadway in The Mad Show, a musical revue based on Mad Magazine.