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Show ENTERTAINMENT Jo Anne Worley Says: "I Want to Be Loved!" J. OPPENHEIMER By PEER I.'::''1 Attached -- .v ' to Jo Anne Worley's is a sign which "I boldly proclaims AM LOVED !" --almost as if she were trying to convince herself. And therein lies the struggle of tv's "Laugh-In- " star, famous for her loud, raucous laughter, feathers and fringes, and exaggerated style of comedy. From the very beginning of "Laugh-In,- " which made its debut in January of 1968, Jo Anne Worley has capitalized on her spe- perstage whoop heralds an formance in which Jo Anne mugs, hogs, on-cam- sings, dances, makes google eyes, and casually tosses off throaty comic lines. Id private life, however, Jo Anne is shy and introverted, particularly where men are Midconcerned. She has a western attitude, a religious background that causes her much consternation over today's changing mores, and a yearning to be loved. This wonting to be loved dates back to her early school days in Lowell, Ind., when she towered head and shoulders over her classmates. "It was impossible to find a boy who could get enthused about that!" she exclaimed. (Today she stands SUH and weighs 185 "I'd like 10 pounds less!") Yet when she did start to date, Jo Anne's strict upbringing ("I was brought up under me commandment i nou snail not touch caused her to be painfully insecure. Jo Anne's childhood prepared her for hard work all right, but not necessarily theatrical work. She was one of five children who lived on a farm. She learned the down-to-ear- th . meaning of taking one's responsibility seriously. As soon as Jo Anne was old enough, she had to help with the farm chores milking cows and feeding livestock. It was not until Jo Anne began to feel something of a misfit in school because of her height that she struggled for acceptance through other means. She soon discovered that a gay, loud, and outwardly assured manner could cover up a lot of inner insecurities. Before long, Jo Anne became the "star" entertainer of her high school The fact that she was not cast as a romantic type bothered her, but she kept that fact secret Openly, she was And very popular. After graduating, Jo Anne headed for Los Angeles and moved in with her sister, who was living there. Jo Anne planned to attend City College tliere and get a secretarial job on the side. But soon she got wind of some auditions, turned up for them, and was signed for a spot with the "Billy Barnes People" revue which went on tour and ended up in New York. Finding herself out of work, Jo Anne began making the New York audition scene and found that her old Hoosier luck had not left her completely. She found work in a number of small night-clu- b revues, which shows, paropened the door to some ticularly Merv Griffin's. A major break came when she understudied Carol Chan-nin- g on Broadway in "Hello, Dolly." She then went to Las Vegas to appear on the "BUI Dana Show" and landed a regular spot with Joey Bishop's, "Son of a Gun Valley Players." During this period, Jo Anne was in a good position to hear of anything that was happening on tv. And by now she had developed her comic personality more than ever. So it wasn't surprising when a friend told her about auditions for "Laugh-In- " and thought Executive proshe would be perfect for ducer George Schlatter thought she was perfect, too, and hired her for the show. Jo Anne is the only one of her family never to have married. Some day she would like to very much. And have a couple of children. She stems from a belief in marriage, a home, a life shared. Currently there is a man in her life, actor Roger Perry, an old friend whom she met when she first went to Los Angeles and worked at the Music Box Theatre. 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