19 Facts About Janet Waldo

Jeanette Marie Waldo was born in Yakima, Washington on February 4,1919.

Janet Waldo's mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin Franklin Waldo, was, according to Waldo family lore, a distant cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Janet Waldo had three older siblings, one of whom, Elisabeth Waldo, is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film Song of Mexico.

Janet Waldo attended the University of Washington, where her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby.

Janet Waldo appeared in several films in uncredited bit parts and small roles, although she was the leading lady in three Westerns, two of them starring Tim Holt.

Janet Waldo played several characters including Joanne Allen and Mrs Hodges on the radio show Adventures in Odyssey produced by Focus on the Family broadcasting.

Janet Waldo co-starred with Jimmy Lydon in the CBS situation comedy Young Love, and she had recurring roles on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Red Skelton Show, and People Are Funny.

Janet Waldo recorded with jazz vocalist Mel Torme and his vocal group the Mel-Tones.

Janet Waldo's eight-year run starring as teenager Corliss Archer on CBS's Meet Corliss Archer left a lasting impression, though Shirley Temple starred in the film adaptations, Kiss and Tell and A Kiss for Corliss.

Janet Waldo later turned down the offer to portray Corliss in a television adaptation.

In 1948, the Meet Corliss Archer comic book, using Janet Waldo's likeness, published by Fox Feature Syndicate, appeared for a run of three issues from March to July 1948, using the original scripts.

Janet Waldo made a rare on-screen television appearance when she appeared as Peggy, a teen smitten with Ricky Ricardo on a 1952 episode of I Love Lucy titled "The Young Fans" with Richard Crenna.

Ten years later, Janet Waldo again worked with Lucille Ball, this time playing Lucy Carmichael's sister, Marge, on The Lucy Show.

Janet Waldo reprised the role of Emmy Lou for some early TV episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Janet Waldo was the last surviving main cast member of the original The Jetsons series.

Janet Waldo voiced Morticia Addams in the short-lived 1973 cartoon series adaptation of The Addams Family.

Janet Waldo was the voice of Princess and Susan in the English-language version of Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman, known as Battle of the Planets, and Hogatha in The Smurfs.

Ultimately, Janet Waldo patched things up with Hanna-Barbera and continued acting on their television series.

Janet Waldo had been diagnosed with a benign but inoperable brain tumor five years before her death.