Jo Sullivan

Performer Producer

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    August 8, 1927
  • Birth Location
    Mounds, Illinois, USA
  • Death Date
    April 28, 2019
  • Death Location
    New York, New York, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Heart failue

Stage & Film

Performance

The Threepenny Opera
De Lys Revival Reunion Concert; 2000
...
  • Polly Peachum
Where's Charley?
Summer Stock Tour; 1991
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  • Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
The King and I
North Shore Music Theatre Production; 1986
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  • Anna Leonowens
Perfectly Frank
Original Broadway Production; 1980
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  • Performer (ix)
Guys and Dolls
Regional Tour; 1978
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  • Sarah Brown
Show Boat
City Center Revival; 1961
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  • Magnolia
  • Kim (in her twenties)
Of Mice and Men
Original Off-Broadway Production; 1958
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  • Curley's Wife
Wonderful Town
City Center Revival; 1958
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  • Eileen Sherwood
The Most Happy Fella
National Tour; 1957
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  • Rosabella (replacement: ?)
  • Rosabella (replacement: ?)
The Most Happy Fella
Original Broadway Production; 1956
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  • Rosabella
Babes in Toyland
Television Production; 1955
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  • Performer
The Threepenny Opera
Off-Broadway Return Engagement; 1955
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  • Polly Peachum
Carousel
City Center Revival; 1954
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  • Julie Jordan
The Threepenny Opera
Theatre de Lys Revival; 1954
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  • Polly Peachum
The Threepenny Opera
Concert Performance; 1952
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  • Polly Peachum
The Wizard of Oz
St. Louis MUNY Production; 1951
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  • Dorothy
As the Girls Go
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • Singing Ensemble
Sleepy Hollow
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • Margaret
  • Singer

Staff & Creative

Greenwillow
New York Workshop; 1996
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  • Producer

Commercial Audio

Performance

The Chocolate Soldier
Studio Cast; 1958
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  • Cast
The Most Happy Fella
Original Broadway Cast; 1956
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  • Rosabella
The Threepenny Opera
Original Off-Broadway Cast; 1954
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  • Polly Peachum

Private Audio

Performance

Babes in Toyland
Television Cast; 1955
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  • Performer

Archival Audio

Performance

The Threepenny Opera
Brandeis Concert Cast; 1952
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  • Polly Peachum

Notes

No notes listed.

Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    August 8, 1927
  • Birth Location
    Mounds, Illinois, USA
  • Death Date
    April 28, 2019
  • Death Location
    New York, New York, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Heart failue

Other Names

  • Jo Sullivan Loesser

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • Frank Loesser (Husband)
    4/30/1959 - 7/28/1969
    Relationship ended due to his death

Family

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