---
name: "Jo Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jo-anderson"
fi1m_id: "jo-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm0026910"
tmdb_id: 158422
wikidata_id: "Q6204100"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:17:49.843802+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jo Anderson

## Identity

Jo Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jo-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jo-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026910
- **TMDB ID:** 158422
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6204100
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Anderson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6204100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158422

Actor. Born 29 June 1958 in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1958, Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1991–1996
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Drama 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $403m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Anderson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6204100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158422

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Again*](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jo Anderson is an American actress. Born in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, she was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, and attended the Academy of the Holy Angels and Adelphi University.

She is known for her role as Diana Bennett in the television series *Beauty and the Beast* (1989–1990) and for appearances in films including *Dead Again* (1991), in which she played Sister Madeleine and a starlet, and *JFK* (1991), as Julia Ann Mercer. Other credits include *Daylight* (1996) and guest roles in series such as *ER*, *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* and *Glee*. Her screen career spanned from 1983 to 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Daylight* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Bloom — [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Fi1m 78, as Sister Madeleine / Starlet — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Julia Ann Mercer — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Perception* (2012), series, as Wendy Pierce
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Marcia Dean — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, as Helen Cole
- *Fat Rose and Squeaky* (2006), as Christine
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Leslie Phillips
- *Century City* (2004), series, Actor
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Counselor
- *Rain* (2001), as Patsy
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Margo Dorton
- *Roswell* (1999), series, as Nancy Parker
- *Countdown: The Sky's on Fire* (1999), as Elizabeth Sobel
- *Legacy* (1998), series, as Megan Boone
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as Pat White
- *Daylight* (1996), as Bloom — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Millennium* (1996), series, as Dr. Claudia Vaughn
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mrs. Cunningham — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Season of Change* (1994), as Martha Parker
- *Jack Reed: Badge of Honor* (1993), Actor
- *JFK* (1991), as Julia Ann Mercer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), as Sister Madeleine / Starlet — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Decoration Day* (1990), as Loreen Wendell
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as Jane Harris, Roslyn — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Prime Target* (1989), as Megan McGuire
- *Dream Street* (1989), series, Actor
- *Miles from Home* (1988), as Farmer's Wife
- *I Saw What You Did* (1988), as Robyn Griffin
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Diana Bennett
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Faye Nell — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Captain Melbeck's Secretary
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Lydia Corman — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Loreen Wendell

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