![]() Thompson in “Love, American Style” (1969 – 1974) and Victor Spivak in “The Treasure of Jamaica Reef” (1974), and for hosting the legendary TV games “Wheel of Fortune” (1975–1981), “Scrabble” (1984–1990) and “Greed” (1990). Jo Ann has married twice: on 21 December 1972 she married popular American actor Chuck Woolery, best-known for his roles of Mr. Jo Ann Pflug Personal life, husband Charles Stuck Young Up to this day, Jo Ann is touring around the US with her motivational seminars, and training sessions on etiquette for business professionals and children. She was baptized in their swimming pool, and became the “a born-again believer” (meaning the process of spiritual rebirth). Jo Ann was also on the list of welcome guests in the Boones house. The studies were attended by such stars as Priscilla Presley (Elvis Presley’s ex-wife), Zsa Zsa Gabor, Doris Day and Glenn Ford. Jo Ann was in friendly relationships with the Boones, Pat and Shirley, who were not only the family of popular singers, they also hosted Bible studies in their mansion in Beverly Hills. Her last works before she quit acting were “Traveller” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, both in 1997. Thus she played Helen Hogan in “The Dukes of Hazzard” (1979 – 1985), Samantha “Big Jack” Jack in “The Fall Guy” (1981 – 1986), and also appeared in the role of Nina Jurgenson in the series “Knight Rider” (1982 – 1986), sharing the screen with David Hasselhoff and Edward Mulhare. Later worksīy the end of her acting career, she had appeared in many high rating TV series. She played the role of Eva Mueller in the “McCloud” series (1970 – 1977), Barbara Kay in “Charlie’s Angels” (1976 – 1981) and Caroline Taylor in “Fantasy Island” (1977 – 1984). Nevertheless, she started getting more appropriate offers for other projects, and finally had a chance to forget about the apparent necessity to appear nude on screen. I’m not going to wait 30 years from now and have my children saying, ‘oh, there’s mommy on the screen, nude.’ I don’t think so’. I would not do nudity because of my upbringing. And I turned down a lot of pictures because of the nudity. She had to turn down the role of Montana Wildhack in “Slaughterhouse-Five” (1972), and the role was taken by Valerie Perrine Jo Ann also turned down the role of Ann Romano in “One Day at a Time” (1975–1984) which was later given to Bonnie Franklin, though Jo Ann never explained the reason for her decision.Ī lot of her colleagues didn’t understand why Jo Ann was turning down so many roles, though she was uncompromising: ‘After MASK, I was sought to do nudity. ![]() Though the critics were all positive about her performance and the movie in general, she had to turn down many roles which rained down on her. Her performance in this movie left a very specific impression, as she demonstrated not only her talent, but her sexuality. However, her first major role helped her to get to a new level of acting: she was invited to play the US Army nurse, Lt. She had minor roles in such series as “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1962 – 1971), “The Big Valley” (1965 – 1969) and “Fantastic 4” (1967 – 1968), in which she played and voiced over the character of the Invisible Girl. Jo Ann started appearing in TV series and sitcoms from the early ‘70s. Her talk show was set in Los Angeles and was on air on KHJ-TV (former “Channel 9”). Jo Ann’s interviewing skills were very impressive and were soon noticed by TV authorities, which helped her to become the first female to have her live weekly talk show on TV, in the late ‘60s. She was also the hostess of the live interview talk show “Montage”, which went on air every week she worked on both for four years. Jo Ann had her own weekly radio show entitled “The Magic Carpet” – she held the role of the storyteller. After that she also graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in broadcasting, also having a minor in American history. Jo Ann matriculated from Winter Park High School in 1958, and entered Rollins College to study broadcasting. Jo Ann has a brother, whose name is unknown. Lynn Pflug was elected as the mayor of Winter Park, and his family enjoyed their privileged life in Florida. ![]() Posted by Jo Ann Pflug on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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