Jo Ann Sayers | |
---|---|
Born | Miriam Lucille Lilygren October 22, 1918
Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | November 14, 2011
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 93)
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1938–1953 |
Spouses | Anthony A. Bliss
(
m. 1942;
div. 1967)Charles K. Agle
(
m. 1968; died 1987) |
Children | 3 [1] [2] |
Jo Ann Sayers (born Miriam Lucille Lilygren, October 22, 1918 – November 14, 2011) [3] was an American actress who was active in Broadway and in Hollywood films. Her film career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sayers was born in Seattle, Washington. [4] She was a budding actress as a child, participating in dances, taking piano and violin lessons, and acting in school plays. She enrolled in Pre-law at the University of Washington, also taking drama classes. A talent scout noted her in a student production and invited her to Hollywood for a screen test. She was offered a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first credited film role was in 1938.[ citation needed]
In 1940, she was selected for the titular role in the Broadway production of My Sister Eileen, opposite Shirley Booth, who was two decades Sayers' senior, which opened on December 26, 1940. [5]
She remained in the Broadway cast until June 1942, when she left to marry Anthony A. Bliss, a New York lawyer and patron of the performing arts. [6]
They married on June 10, 1942, and had three children, but later divorced. Sayers later worked in summer theater, radio and television. She married a second time in 1968 to architect Charles K. Agle; [4] they remained together until his death in Princeton, New Jersey.[ citation needed]
Sayers died on November 14, 2011, aged 93, in Princeton, New Jersey. [7]
Jo Ann Sayers | |
---|---|
Born | Miriam Lucille Lilygren October 22, 1918
Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | November 14, 2011
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 93)
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1938–1953 |
Spouses | Anthony A. Bliss
(
m. 1942;
div. 1967)Charles K. Agle
(
m. 1968; died 1987) |
Children | 3 [1] [2] |
Jo Ann Sayers (born Miriam Lucille Lilygren, October 22, 1918 – November 14, 2011) [3] was an American actress who was active in Broadway and in Hollywood films. Her film career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sayers was born in Seattle, Washington. [4] She was a budding actress as a child, participating in dances, taking piano and violin lessons, and acting in school plays. She enrolled in Pre-law at the University of Washington, also taking drama classes. A talent scout noted her in a student production and invited her to Hollywood for a screen test. She was offered a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first credited film role was in 1938.[ citation needed]
In 1940, she was selected for the titular role in the Broadway production of My Sister Eileen, opposite Shirley Booth, who was two decades Sayers' senior, which opened on December 26, 1940. [5]
She remained in the Broadway cast until June 1942, when she left to marry Anthony A. Bliss, a New York lawyer and patron of the performing arts. [6]
They married on June 10, 1942, and had three children, but later divorced. Sayers later worked in summer theater, radio and television. She married a second time in 1968 to architect Charles K. Agle; [4] they remained together until his death in Princeton, New Jersey.[ citation needed]
Sayers died on November 14, 2011, aged 93, in Princeton, New Jersey. [7]