Jo Sullivan

Jo Sullivan, a.k.a. Jo Sullivan Loesser is a soprano, widow of composer Frank Loesser, and mother of singer-actress Emily Loesser. In her day, she was acclaimed for her beautiful, lyric soprano, a

Jo Sullivan, a.k.a. Jo Sullivan Loesser is a soprano, widow of composer Frank Loesser, and mother of singer-actress Emily Loesser. In her day, she was acclaimed for her beautiful, lyric soprano, as well as for her natural acting ability and interpretive skills. She was born in Mounds, Illinois.

Opposite Charlotte Rae, Beatrice Arthur, and Lotte Lenya, she starred as Polly Peachum in Marc Blitzstein's English-language adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (off-Brodway, 1954).