Jo Anne Worley

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Jo Anne Worley, an American actor, comedian, and singer.

Her work includes television, films, theatre, game shows, talk shows, advertisements, and cartoons.

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Early life and education

Worley was born in Lowell, Indiana, on September 6, 1937, the third child of Rose Irene (née Gardner) and Joseph Lauraine Worley. Her parents divorced and her father remarried, and Nancy, his second wife, had four children.

Worley, who is best known for her booming voices, said that she never sang the hymns as a child but that she would only lip sync them out of fear of drowning out everyone else. She had been named a school comedienne before graduating from high school.

Worley began her professional career as a member of the Pickwick Players after graduating from high school in 1955. In Wichita Falls, Texas, a drama scholarship was awarded to Midwestern State University.

Personal life

Roger Perry, a poet from Worley, married actor Roger Perry on May 11, 1975. In 2000, the couple wed in divorced.

Worley is a huge animal lover. She has worked with Actors and Others for Animals, a group that supports spay-and-neuter projects and provides veterinary financial assistance to pet guardians in Southern California for more than 40 years. She served on a volunteer basis on the board of directors for many years before becoming vice president, and she has been president of the organization since 2007.

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Career

Worley, who attended Midwestern for two years, jumped 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. Worley's first big break came in 1961 when she appeared in the musical revue Billy Barnes People in Los Angeles; this performance then migrated to Broadway, where it saw only six performances. "Joanne Worley has an earthy appearance that suggests she could be a rowdy comedienne," the New York Times reviewer wrote. On the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly, she was chosen to appear as a stand-in in 1964. Worley performed her own nightclub act in Greenwich Village, where she was discovered by Merv Griffin in 1966.

Griffin, impressed by Worley's talent, has invited her to be one of his show's primary guest stars, where she appeared on approximately 40 times on The Merv Griffin Exhibition. She appeared in The Mad Show, a musical revue based on Mad Magazine, in 1966. Worley's stint on Griffin's show culminated in her discovery by George Schlatter, who later starred her in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

Worley left Laugh-In in 1970 to pursue other interests, including Love, American Style, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Adam-12, Explosion, She Wrote, The Middle, and several other pyramid shows including Super Password, Hollywood Squares, and several others. She continued to work in various films, television series, and theater appearances (original productions and revivals alike) throughout the years. Worley has also been known for her work as a voice host for numerous cartoons, animated films, and video games. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979), The Disney films Beauty and the Beast (1991), Beauty and the Beast (1995), Belle's Magical World (1996), and the Wardrobe's voice in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (2004). She is still involved with Disney, appearing in several Disney Channel sitcoms, including Kim Possible as Bonnie Rockwaller's mother, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Jessie.

Worley appeared in regional theater, including the Melody Top Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she appeared in Gypsy: A Musical Fable as Rose (1984). Hello Dolly! Anything Goes (1978) and Once Upon a Mattress (1974) She appeared at the Welk Dinner Theatre in San Diego, California, in 1985, Call Me Madam, and Nunsense at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, La Mirada, California, 1989.

Worley returned to Broadway in 1989 to appear in Prince of Central Park, but the performance was cancelled after four performances. In a 1999 musical version of The Wizard of Oz, directed and adapted by Robert Johanson, she was cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, with Mickey Rooney playing the eponymous role. The performance at the Pantages Theater, Hollywood, California, and the Theater at Madison Square Garden was limited, and she also participated in the limited US tour. In the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone at the Marquis Theatre from July to December 2007, Worley played Mrs. Tottendale. Mrs. Tottendale played her part at The Cape Playhouse from June to July 2015.

Worley appeared in the Los Angeles production of Wicked from January 8 to August 24, 2008.

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