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Jo Morrow Profile
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| 1 November 39 | is born in Cuero, Texas, to L. G. and Ruby Morrow, nee Powell |
| ? | as a baby, she moves to San Diego with her parents |
| ? | is a San Diego beauty queen |
| February 58 | is named queen of the Los Angeles High Fidelity Music Show, held at the Biltmore Hotel |
| 58 | secures a 20th Century-Fox contract by winning a talent-contest |
| while rehearsing for her first role, as a walk-on opposite Christine Carere in A Certain Smile, the producer invites her to his office and tries to make a pass at her |
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| November 58 | is seen with Mac Krim at the Luau |
| January 59 | is a twosome with Mac Krim at Vickie Morgan's party |
| March 59 | is seen at Dino's Lodge with Ivan Townsend Smith |
| April 59 | her fiancé, Ivan Townsend Smith, throws a big party for her. Linda Christian attends with Ray Anthony; Joan O'Brien, with NBC executive Jack Myers. |
| ? | until she leaves for England to film Our Man in Havana, she lives at the Studio Club |
| May 59 | flies from Cuba via Idlewild Airport, New York, to London to complete filming of Our Man in Havana |
| is scheduled to spend a weekend as guest on the yacht of her ex-fiancé Ivan Smith while filming Our Man in Havana in London. Smith tours Europe with his mother. |
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| June 59 | she and Smith postpone their July wedding because she will be movie-making in Spain |
| August 59 | Smith's romance with actress Judy Meredith cools, and he's seen with Shelley Kaplan |
| September 59 | is asked by Smith to meet him in London, but their revived romance there lasts only three days. They have a big fight, and she flies back to Spain. |
| ? | has an affair with her director, Jack Sher, while filming The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, in Spain. He is 26 years her senior. She considers her co-star Kerwin Matthews a dull and uninteresting person. |
| December 59 | is the frequent date of Mac Krim, the ex-beau of actress Kim Novak |
| April 60 | is seen ringside with the ex of actress Joan Crawford, actor Franchot Tone, at the Interlude when Judy Garland sings with Don Rickles |
| June 60 | surprises Mac Krim with a birthday cake at agent Louis Shurr's office |
| July 60 | is seen at Ye Little Club with Jack Haley, Jr. |
| August 60 | is seen with TV actor Rian Garrick |
| ? | has an argument with studio boss Sam Briskin over her weight while filming 13 Ghosts, which ends with his having a heart attack |
| 6 October 60 | is in Los Angeles Superior Court after being fired by Columbia Pictures because her weight mustn't exceed 132 pounds; her hips, 37 inches; and her waistline, 24 inches. She sports 137 pounds. |
| December 60 | dates disc star Bob Crewe |
| June 61 | consoles herself from being fired by Columbia with Jackie Barnett, songwriter for Jimmy Durante |
| September 61 | promotes the opening of the new White Front Warehouse store at 5555 East Olympic Boulevard, Van Nuys |
| May 63 | will marry Barnett in June |
| 30 June 63 | marries Barnett in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a Jewish ceremony. He's 42; she's 23. Comedian Jimmy Durante is best man. |
| the Barnetts take an extended honeymoon trip to Europe |
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| 25 September 64 | her daughter, Dawn A., is born in Los Angeles. The birth of her deaf child forces her to retire from movies. |
| 8 March 66 | her son, James B., is born in Los Angeles |
| 73 | becomes friends with actor-writer Sal Ponti (a.k.a. Anthony Hall) while filming Dr. Death: Seeker of Souls |
| 13 April 84 | divorces Barnett in Los Angeles |
| 90s | as Jo B. Morrow, she makes her home in White City, Oregon |
| Sources: Indiana Evening Gazette, Van Nuys News, The Vidette-Messenger, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Chronicle-Telegram, The Lima News, The Daily Gleaner, The Coshocton Tribune, Nevada State Journal, The Holland Evening Sentinel, The Sheboygan Press, News Journal - Mansfield, Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks by Tom Weaver, Who's Who on the Screen, www.Ancestry.com | |
| Recommended Books: Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks by Tom Weaver | |
| Links: Filmography | |