Jo-Ann Robinson - Biography

Robinson has been acting professionally for over thirty years in television, film, regional theater, voice-over work, and corporate training films. She was based in Los Angeles from 1978 to 1989, and her credits include co-starring roles in "The New Love American Style" and the nationally syndicated "Comedy of Comedies." She has also appeared as a stand-up comedienne at Hollywood's Laugh Factory and The Ice House, famous for headlining Jay Leno and Joan Rivers. Robinson was a founding member and writer for the L.A.-based comedy group "Half-a-Deck," named by the L.A. Times a "Best Bet." She has been a regular at New Stage Theater in Jackson, Ms. for the past 25 years, and she travels around the U.S. performing in Equity regional theater.