Biography
JoAnne Worley is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her career spans television, movies, theater, game shows, talk programs, advertisements, and cartoons. Worley is well-known for her work on the comedy variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
Age
She is 86 years old as of 6 September 2023. She was born in 1937 in Lowell, Indiana, United States.
Family
Worley was born on September 6, 1937, in Lowell, Indiana, as the third child of Rose Irene (née Gardner) and Joseph Lauraine Worley. Her parents split in 1962, and her father remarried and had four children with Nancy, his second wife. After graduating from high school in 1955, Worley relocated to Blauvelt, New York, where she began her professional career with the Pickwick Players. This led to a drama scholarship to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Husband
She married film and television actor Roger Perry on May 11, 1975. They divorced in 2000 and had no children.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.73m).
Career
In the wake of learning at Midwestern for a considerable length of time, Worley moved to Los Angeles to learn at Los Angeles City School and the Pasadena Playhouse. She was before long given her most memorable melodic job in a creation of Superb Town. In 1961, Worley accepted her most memorable significant break when she showed up in the melodic revue Billy Barnes Individuals in Los Angeles; this creation moved to Broadway, where it ran for just six exhibitions.
Notwithstanding, the New York Times commentator expressed: “Jo Anne Worley has a natural style that proposes she could be a raucous comedienne.” In 1964, she was chosen to show up as a substitute on the first Broadway creation of Hi, Cart! After one year, Worley made her own club act in Greenwich Town, where she was found by Merv Griffin in 1966.
Dazzled by Worley’s gifts, Griffin connected with her to be one of his essential visitor stars on his show, where she showed up on The Merv Griffin Show. In 1966, she showed up Off-Broadway in The Distraught Show, a melodic revue in light of Frantic Magazine. In 1967, Worley’s stretch on Griffin’s show prompted her revelation by George Schlatter, who before long cast her in Rowan and Martin’s Giggle In.
In 1970, Worley left Chuckle In to seek after different ventures and has made visitor appearances on a few TV series, including Affection, American Style, The This evening Show Featuring Johnny Carson, The Andy Williams Show, Adam-12, Crisis!, Murder, She Composed, The Center, and different game shows like Super Secret word, Hollywood Squares, and the numerous forms of Pyramid. She kept working in different films, TV series, and dramatic exhibitions (unique creations and recoveries the same) throughout the long term. Worley likewise became referred to for her work as a voice supplier for a few kid’s shows, energized motion pictures, and computer games. Her voice work incorporates Nutcracker Dream (1979), the Disney motion pictures Magnificence and the Monster (1991), A Silly Film (1995), Excellence and the Monster: Beauty’s Otherworldly World (1998), and the voice of the Closet in the computer game Realm Hearts II (2005). She stays engaged with Disney, making appearances in a few Disney Station sitcoms, for example, Kim Conceivable assuming the part of Bonnie Rockwaller’s mom, Wizards of Waverly Spot, and Jessie.
Worley acted in provincial theater, for example, the Song Top Venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she showed up in Vagabond: A Melodic Tale as Rose (1984), Annie Get Your Firearm (1982), Hi Cart! (1980), Anything Goes (1978) and When Upon a Sleeping pad (1974), She likewise showed up at the Welk Supper Theater in San Diego, California in Same Time, One Year from now in 1985, Call Me Lady at the California Music Theater, Pasadena, California, in 1987, and Nunsense at the La Mirada Theater for the Performing Expressions, La Mirada, California, in 1991.
In 1989, Worley got back to Broadway to show up in Ruler of Focal Park, yet the show was dropped after four exhibitions. She was given a role as the Mischievous Witch of the West in a 1999 melodic creation of The Wizard of Oz, coordinated and adjusted by Robert Johanson, with Mickey Rooney assuming the eponymous part. The creation had a restricted run at the Pantages Theater, Hollywood, California, and at the Theater at the Theater at Madison Square Nursery, and she likewise joined the restricted US visit. Worley played Mrs. Tottendale in the Broadway melodic, The Sluggish Chaperone at the Marquis Theater from July through December 2007. She then, at that point, repeated the job of Mrs. Tottendale at The Cape Playhouse from June to July 2015. From January 8 until August 24, 2008, Worley assumed the part of Madame Morrible in the Los Angeles creation of Devilish
Movies
♦ 1962 – Moon Pilot
♦ 1968 – Head
♦ 1976 – The Shaggy D.A.
♦ 1979 – Nutcracker Fantasy
♦ 1991 – Beauty and the Beast
♦ 1995 – A Goofy Movie
♦ 1998 – Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical
♦ 1999 – Belle’s Tales of Friendship
♦ 2004 – Goodnight, We Love You
♦ 2008 – Forever Plaid: The Movie
♦ 2012 – Carol Channing: Larger Than Life Documentary
♦ 2019 – Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
TV Shows
♦ 1981–82 – The All New Popeye Hour
♦ 1983 – The Love Boat
♦ 1985 – Murder, She Wrote
♦ 1989 – DuckTales
♦ 1990 – Match Game
♦ 1992 – The Elf Who Saved Christmas
♦ 1993 – Tom & Jerry Kids
♦ 1995 – Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
♦ 1996 – Mad About You
♦ 1998 – Caroline in the City
♦ 1999 – Boy Meets World
♦ 2001 – Kim Possible
♦ 2004 – Hollywood Squares
♦ 2005 – Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
♦ 2009 – Wizards of Waverly Place
♦ 2011 – Unscripted
♦ 2011 – Bones
♦ 2011 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
♦ 2012 – The Middle
♦ 2023 – Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest