Joanna Jordan ?

[Mike]

In the L.A. Times Sat. 9-19-09 there was a VERY long obit of this woman with a photo whom i had never heard of before. (It was in the PAID obit section, not the regular obits, and her family must have paid a FORTUNE for it). It said she did a lot of TV commercials in the 50's, and it listed the Benny show among her credits, (but it didn't specify as an actress or commercial spokeswoman). And it said she was a regular on "Space Patrol" which had a "cult following." Does anyone know which eps of the Benny show she was on, and/or did she do some of the commercials ? Mike in L.A.

[helloagain]

I never heard of her either. I did a quick Google search and found nothing. I also looked up 'Space Patrol' and found no listing of her name in the cast, and in the RadioGold index I found someone named Jo-ann Jordan and a Joanne Jordan. I don't know if either of these are her. Neither had any connection with Jack Benny. Maybe someone else knows.

[TheSportsmenQuartet]

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=joanne-jordan&pid=133058128

[helloagain]

The obituary enlightened me. She reminds me a little of June Lockhart. I must admit that she is still a stranger to me, but anyone who can say 'enjoy tuna with crappers' wins a place in my heart.

[Yhtapmys]

She was the subject of a syndicated TV column published Nov. 27, 1960 ranking her with Betty Furness in the world of TV commercials. She apparently, about that time, co-hosted the 'Here's Hollywood', a daytime show on NBC.

A 1956 LA Times piece calls her "Joanne Jordan, best known as the lipstick girl on NBC's This Is Your Life television program." But she did local TV, too. A Times piece the same year says "Joanne Jordan, KTLA's hostess on the Sunday night 7:30 p.m. movies is in General Hospital with a mild case of polio."

There's a Joanne Jordan in several articles of the early 40s as a swing singer at Harry's New Yorker.

She was also in that immortal movie "I Cover the Underworld" with Sean McClory.

Yhtapmys

[Maxwell]

She was the subject of a syndicated TV column published Nov. 27, 1960 ranking her with Betty Furness in the world of TV commercials. She apparently, about that time, co-hosted the 'Here's Hollywood', a daytime show on NBC.

A 1956 LA Times piece calls her "Joanne Jordan, best known as the lipstick girl on NBC's This Is Your Life television program." But she did local TV, too. A Times piece the same year says "Joanne Jordan, KTLA's hostess on the Sunday night 7:30 p.m. movies is in General Hospital with a mild case of polio."

There's a Joanne Jordan in several articles of the early 40s as a swing singer at Harry's New Yorker.

She was also in that immortal movie "I Cover the Underworld" with Sean McClory.

Yhtapmys

You got to this before I finished my research on her. I remember Joanne Jordan on "Here's Hollywood." She co-hosted with Jack Linkletter (Art's son). She was replaced by Helen O'Connell.

[Maxwell]

She was the subject of a syndicated TV column published Nov. 27, 1960 ranking her with Betty Furness in the world of TV commercials. She apparently, about that time, co-hosted the 'Here's Hollywood', a daytime show on NBC.

A 1956 LA Times piece calls her "Joanne Jordan, best known as the lipstick girl on NBC's This Is Your Life television program." But she did local TV, too. A Times piece the same year says "Joanne Jordan, KTLA's hostess on the Sunday night 7:30 p.m. movies is in General Hospital with a mild case of polio."

There's a Joanne Jordan in several articles of the early 40s as a swing singer at Harry's New Yorker.

She was also in that immortal movie "I Cover the Underworld" with Sean McClory.

Yhtapmys

You got to this before I finished my research on her. I remember Joanne Jordan on "Here's Hollywood." She co-hosted with Jack Linkletter (Art's son). She was replaced by Helen O'Connell.

Hmmm...the obit says Dean Miller, but I distinctly remember Jack Linkletter.

[Yhtapmys]

You got to this before I finished my research on her. I remember Joanne Jordan on "Here's Hollywood." She co-hosted with Jack Linkletter (Art's son). She was replaced by Helen O'Connell.

Hmmm...the obit says Dean Miller, but I distinctly remember Jack Linkletter.

Max, contemporary newspaper articles are pretty clear she started the show with Dean Miller. It may have changed later.

That's all I can go by because in 1960, about all I was watching was cartoons.

Yhtapmys

[Maxwell]

You got to this before I finished my research on her. I remember Joanne Jordan on "Here's Hollywood." She co-hosted with Jack Linkletter (Art's son). She was replaced by Helen O'Connell.

Hmmm...the obit says Dean Miller, but I distinctly remember Jack Linkletter.

Max, contemporary newspaper articles are pretty clear she started the show with Dean Miller. It may have changed later.

That's all I can go by because in 1960, about all I was watching was cartoons.

Yhtapmys

Yup, I checked everything from IMDB to tv.com, and they all have Dean Miller on the first season and Jack Linkletter on the second. I guess Jack Linkletter had more charisma than Dean Miller, since, according to some sources, it seems that Linkletter and Jordan never appeared together. You have to remember I was 10-12 years old when that show was on the air.