Jo Ann Pflug was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to J. Lynn and Kelly Pflug. She was raised in Winter Park, Florida, where her father was elected mayor in 1958, and graduated from Winter Park High School, Rollins College, and the University of Miami, receiving her BA in broadcasting and her minor in American history. She had a weekly radio show called The Magic Carpet, where she was the storyteller, and for four years hosted a weekly live interview talk show called Montage. Her background of interviewing led her to be the first woman to have a live weekly TV talk show in the late 1960s in Los Angeles, on KHJ-TV.
Career
Pflug's first major role was as U.S. Army nurse Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider in the 1970 filmMASH. Also in 1970, she starred in an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D. titled "To Carry the Sun in a Golden Cup", in which she played an ailing nurse. She also appeared in Catlow with Yul Brynner, and Where Does It Hurt? starring Peter Sellers. Her other notable roles include the voice of Invisible Girl in the 1967 animated version of Fantastic Four, Lt. Katherine O'Hara in the television series spin-off of Operation Petticoat, Boss Jack's wife in Traveller, and Cynthia Vaughn Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Pflug was the co-star of the made-for-television movie The Night Strangler, a sequel to The Night Stalker, and a precursor of the TV series . She starred in the TV werewolf movie Scream of the Wolf alongside Peter Graves and Clint Walker. Pflug was a frequent panelist on the television game show Match Game from 1973 until 1981, a co-host with Allen Funt on the 1970s version of Candid Camera, and a regular in the TV series The Fall Guy for the 1981–1982 season. In 1984, she was the first actress to play Taylor Chapin in the syndicated soap operaRituals. She made guest appearances on many television series including McCloud, The Love Boat, CHiPs, The Dukes of Hazzard, One Day at a Time, Knight Rider, Love, American Style, Adam-12, Quincy, M.E., Alias Smith and Jones, Charlie's Angels and The Colbys. After returning to Florida during the 1980s, she continued to work periodically in film and television while also developing and presenting training sessions on etiquette for children and business professionals. A resident of Tequesta, Florida, in 2011 she interviewed Pat Boone, Shirley MacLaine and other celebrities for The Jo Ann Pflug Show on Seaview Radio.
