Bobbi Jordan
Bobbi Jordan (July 11, 1937 – November 9, 2012) was an American actress whose television and film credits included the soap opera General Hospital and the 1974 musical film Mame.[1][2]
Jordan was born Roberta Carol Bartlett and raised in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.[1] She moved from Kentucky to Chicago and then to Los Angeles, originally to study and pursue opera.[1] Jordan had to take jobs as a waitress in California. A club manager overheard her singing in the kitchen and offered her a role in the club's musical.[1] She was given the lead in the club's Cinderella production, which soon led to a contract with the William Morris talent agency.[1]
Jordan debuted as a series regular in a 1966 ABC television series, The Rounders.[1][2] She also co-starred in the CBS series Blondie, beginning in 1968.
She later co-starred as Terri Webber Arnett, a singer and former nightclub singer, on General Hospital during the mid-1970s.[1] She remained as a series regular on General Hospital from March 1976 until September 1977. Jordan was also a series regular on the short-lived CBS series Joe and Sons and a 1978-1979 NBC sitcom, Turnabout, written by Steven Bochco.[1][2]
She appeared in guest roles on The Odd Couple, Charlie's Angels, Diff'rent Strokes, One Day at a Time, Quincy M.E., Nero Wolfe, Highway to Heaven, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, Love, American Style, and Ironside.[1][2]
Jordan pursued film roles as well. She was fcast as a waitress in the 1967 film A Guide for the Married Man, starring Walter Matthau.[1] She also was featured in Mame, a 1974 musical starring Lucille Ball and Bea Arthur, as an Irish maid who ends up marrying Mame's ward.[1]
She remained a stage actress throughout her career, including a leading role in the first national tour of the musical comedy, Company, by Stephen Sondheim.[1] Her additional credits included South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, and Damn Yankees.
Bobbi Jordan died of a heart attack at her home in Encinitas, California, on November 9, 2012, at the age of 75.[2] She was predeceased by her late husband of 43 years, television writer Bill Jacobson, who died in 2011.[3] Bill Jacobson had been the lead writer for the The Kate Smith Show in 1960.[1] She was survived by her son, Jordan Roberts, whose credits as a writer and director include March of the Penguins, and two grandchildren.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Barnes, Mike (2012-11-26). "Actress Bobbi Jordan Dies at 75, She had a stint on "General Hospital" in the 1970s and appeared in the Lucille Ball musical "Mame."". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Actress Bobbi Jordan dies, Was former star of 'General Hospital'". Variety Magazine. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ Barnes, Mike (2011-08-05). "Bill Jacobson, Comedy Writer From TV's Golden Era, Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-12-08.