Jo Ann Harris is an American actress and voice actress whose career spans from the late 1960s through the 1970s thriller wave to modern sketch comedy. Born on May 27, 1949, in Los Angeles, she made her television debut at 18 in the drama series "Run for Your Life" and became a familiar face on screen. She had a notable role in Don Siegel's Southern Gothic drama "The Beguiled" (1971), playing a 17-year-old who seduces Clint Eastwood's wounded soldier. Her film roles also 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).
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Harris gained a strong reputation as a versatile guest actress on television, appearing in series such as "Adam-12," "Gunsmoke," "The High Chaparral," "The Virginian/The Men of Shiloh," "Medical Center," "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," "The Mod Squad," "The F.B.I.," "Barnaby Jones," "Hawaii Five-O," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island," "Vega$," "B.J. and the Bear," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Laverne & Shirley," and "State of the Union." She co-starred in the crime series "Most Wanted" (1977) alongside Robert Stack, which gave her prominent prime-time exposure as a series lead. As a voice actress, she voiced Tina in Hanna-Barbera's "Goober and the Ghost Chasers" (1973), contributed to Disney's "Oliver & Company" (1988), and voiced various characters in "The Simpsons." Between 2008 and 2010, she appeared in "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union," playing interviewer Candy Cantwell and Terri in several episodes, linking her classic TV background with a modern audience.
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