Jo Ann Harris | |
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Born | Jo Ann Marcovitch May 27, 1949 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1967–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Jo Ann Harris (born Jo Ann Marcovitch; May 27, 1949) is an American actress known for her many film and television roles beginning in 1967. In the 1971 film The Beguiled she portrayed a 17-year-old who seduced Clint Eastwood's character. [1] Her other films include Maryjane (1968), The Gay Deceivers (1969), The Sporting Club (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Act of Vengeance (1974), Cruise into Terror (1978), and Deadly Games (1982).
Harris's first acting role came in the drama series Run for Your Life (starring Ben Gazzara) in 1967 when she was 18 years old. Other guest-starring TV credits include Adam-12 ; Gunsmoke ; The High Chaparral ; The Virginian /The Men of Shiloh; Medical Center ; [2] Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ; The Mod Squad ; The F.B.I. ; Barnaby Jones ; [3] Hawaii Five-O ; Nakia ; The Streets of San Francisco ; The Love Boat ; Fantasy Island ; Vega$ ; [4] B.J. and the Bear ; Rich Man, Poor Man ; Laverne & Shirley ; and State of the Union. She was also a panelist on Match Game 77 for a week.
She played a co-starring role in the short-lived 1977 series Most Wanted (starring Robert Stack). [5]
Her voice acting work includes the voice of Tina in the 1973 Hanna-Barbera animated series Goober and the Ghost Chasers , the animated film Oliver & Company (1988), and various episodic characters in The Simpsons .
She played Candy Cantwell, the interviewer, and Terri in eight episodes of State of the Union during 2008–2010.
Jo Ann Harris was married for many years to television and film writer/producer Jerry Belson. They had two children together, Julie and Willi. Harris was widowed when Belson died in 2006.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | The Second Hundred Years | Mod Girl | TV series |
1968 | Run for Your Life | Girl | TV series |
1968 | Dragnet 1968 | Jo-Elle Murphy | TV series |
1968 | Maryjane | Jo Ann | |
1968 | Judd for the Defense | Ginny Baker | TV series |
1969 | The Gay Deceivers | Leslie Devlin | |
1969 | Gunsmoke | Ellie Wylie | TV series |
1969 | Adam-12 | Susann Baker | TV series |
1969 | The High Chaparral | Annie Croswell | TV series |
1969–1972 | The Mod Squad | Sue Fielding / Sally | TV series |
1970–1971 | The Virginian | Amanda Benson / Mary Ann Travers | TV series |
1970–1972 | Medical Center | Dana / Ellen Farley | TV series |
1971 | The Sporting Club | Lu | |
1971 | The Smith Family | Lynn Mitchell | TV series |
1971 | Cat Ballou | Cat Ballou | short movie |
1971 | Teenage Tease | ||
1971 | The Beguiled | Carol | |
1972 | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Mike' O'Hara IV | TV movie |
1972 | Disney-Land | Mike' O'Hara IV | TV series |
1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Danielle Tate | TV series |
1972 | Banyon | Sally Overman | TV series |
1972-1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Connie / Lita Brewer | TV series |
1973 | Goober and the Ghost Chasers | Tina | TV series, voice |
1973 | The F.B.I | Tish Laramie | TV series |
1974 | The Parallax View | Chrissy – Frady's Girl | |
1974 | Act of Vengeance | Linda | |
1974 | Nakia | Kitty | TV series |
1974-1978 | Barnaby Jones | Ellie Beck / Lisa Murphy / Lorna Pearson | TV series |
1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Laurie | TV series |
1975 | The Manhunter | Sandy | TV series |
1975 | Movin' On | Sandy | TV series |
1975 | Kate McShane | TV series | |
1975 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Gloria Bartley | TV series |
1976 | Bert D'Angelo/Superstar | Amy | TV series |
1976–1977 | Most Wanted | Officer Kate Manners | TV series |
1977 | Fred Flintstone and Friends | Tina | TV series, voice |
1977 | Love Boat | Connie Evans | TV series |
1977 | Anna Karenina | Susan Cord | TV series |
1978 | Cruise Into Terror | Judy Haines | TV movie |
1978 | Fantasy Island | Andrea Chambers | TV series |
1979 | Vegas | Christy | TV series |
1979 | The Wild Wild West Revisited | Carmelita | TV movie |
1979 | Detective School | Teresa Cleary | TV series |
1979 | Beyond Death's Door | Laurie | |
1979 | B.J. and the Bear | Barbara Sue | TV series |
1979 | A Man Called Sloane | Johanna | TV series |
1980 | M Station: Hawaii | Karen Holt | TV movie |
1980 | Xanadu | 40's Singer #1 | |
1981 | American Dream | Myra | TV series |
1982 | Deadly Games | Clarissa Jane Louise 'Keegan' Lawrence | |
1983 | Laverne & Shirley | Jane | |
1984 | The Duck Factory | Wendy Wooster | TV series |
1988 | Oliver & Company | Additional Voices | voice |
1989–1992 | The Simpsons | Various Voices | TV series, voice |
1991 | Caged Fear | Big as a House #1 | |
1995 | What-a-Mess | Felicia | TV series, voice |
1997–1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Fawn Loving | TV series |
2008–2010 | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Candy Cantwell / Terri / Interviewer | TV series |
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