Jo Sullivan
| Jo Loesser | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 28, 1927 Mounds, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Frank Loesser |
Elizabeth Josephine "Jo" Sullivan Loesser (born August 28, 1927) is an American soprano and the widow of composer Frank Loesser. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1957 for her performance as Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella.
Born in Mounds, Illinois, Jo Sullivan played Polly Peachum in Marc Blitzstein's legendary English-language adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht off-Broadway in 1954.
She married Loesser on April 29, 1959; they had two children, Hannah (1962–2007) and Emily (born 1965). Her daughter, Emily Loesser, is also a singer-actress. She also appeared as herself in an "original special" on Broadway, called Let's Make An Opera (1950), which boasted music by Benjamin Britten, a libretto by Eric Crozier, musical direction by Norman Del Mar, and was directed by Marc Blitzstein.
In the summer of 1951 she played Dorothy Gale in The Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis production of The Wizard of Oz, opposite Margaret Hamilton, who reprised her film role of the Wicked Witch of the West. In 1992, Jo Loesser's daughter, Emily, played the same role at The Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, the first time in Muny history a role has been played by both mother and daughter. Sullivan later reprised her role in the 1953 production at the Kansas City Starlight Theatre.
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