Jo Morrow

Born in Cuero, Texas, 'Jo Morrow' (qv) was still a baby when her parents took her to San Diego, where her father worked in aircraft manufacture and her mother encouraged Jo's acting aspirations. Entering a "Be a Star" contest which Morrow feels started out as a sham, she actually won a 20th Century-Fox contract (film-debuting in 'Gary Cooper' (qv)'s _Ten North Frederick (1958)_ (qv)), and from there moved to Columbia. The 1964 birth of a deaf daughter forced Morrow to choose between movies and motherhood; the latter won out, although she made a comeback of sorts in 1970s exploitation fare like _Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973)_ (qv) and _Terminal Island (1973)_ (qv).::'Tom Weaver' (qv) <TomWeavr@aol.com>