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Jo de Winter
A white woman wearing a white turtleneck and a black jacket; her hair is dark and feathered in the style of the 1980s
Jo de Winter, while making a radio drama, "Hamilton & Burr"
Born
Juanita Maria-Johana Daussat

(1921-03-05)March 5, 1921
Sacramento, California
DiedJanuary 17, 2016(2016-01-17) (aged 94)
Other namesJuanita Adamina, Jo Adamina (married name)
OccupationActress
Children2

Juanita Adamina (born Juanita Maria-Johana Daussat; March 5, 1921 – January 17, 2016), known professionally as Jo de Winter, was an American actress most notable for her role in the short-lived television series Gloria.[1]

Early life and education

De Winter studied at the Dominican Convent school in San Rafael.[2] Her first acting experience came at age 4, when she played an injured shepherd in a Christmas pageant at the school.[3] She attended the College of the Pacific.[4] She also took acting classes with Ben Bard.[5]

Career

Stage

De Winter appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Norman in Children of a Lesser God,[6] and in Europe onstage in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Ratched, a role that she originated in the play's production in San Francisco.[7] She was praised for offering "intellectual humor... with a straight face" when she appeared in Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't it Romantic in Los Angeles in 1984.[8]

Film and television

David O. Selznick scouted Juanita Daussat when she was in a college play;[1] she was one of the many actresses who auditioned for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.[9] While her husband was stationed in Rome, she helped to translate English-language films for Italian audiences,[4] and provided vocal acting for some film dubbing; she also appeared in two films made in Italy, The Pirates of Capri and The Dark Road.[5] She later appeared in the films Dirty Harry[10] and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

For three years, De Winter had a recurring role as an executive secretary in

Murder She Wrote, Frasier, The Munsters Today, The John Larroquette Show, and the Gene Roddenberry pilot, Planet Earth.[11]

Radio

In 1989, de Winter played Marie Antoinette in a six-hour radio drama, Bastille, produced by the University of Chicago on WFMT in Chicago, Illinois.[12] She also played Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton in a production of Hamilton & Burr, with the California Artists Radio Theatre.[13]

Personal life

Juanita Daussat married Robert Eggers Adamina in December 1941, the morning before the attack on Pearl Harbor.[9] Her husband was an officer in the United States Air Force. He was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II;[14] he later served as chief of protocol in Washington, D.C., and as a member of the NATO planning staff. They had one son, Robert Jr., and one daughter, Robyn. As a military wife, she was involved in embassy and officers' wives activities, and gave presentations to women's groups.[4] They lived in Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and in Italy, before they moved to Port Hueneme in 1965,[15] after Col. Adamina retired from the Air Force.[16] Their son and his wife were killed in an automobile accident in 1974.[3][17]

De Winter died in January 2016,[18] at the age of 94.[19]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Dirty Harry Miss Willis
1972 Pete 'n' Tillie Party Guest Uncredited
1984 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Mrs. Bennett
1988 Bird Mildred Berg
1994 There Goes My Baby Miss Shine
2016 Monday Nights at Seven Nana (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b c Kleiner, Dick (1983-04-10). "Horse Helps Jo deWinter on her Way to Acting Career". Longview News-Journal. p. 141. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "Visit at Carmel". Oakland Tribune. August 2, 1934. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  3. ^ a b c Hilton, Pat (June 19, 1983). "DeWinter wants it all". The Spokesman-Review. Tribune Company Syndicate. p. 11. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Wife of Roman Military Aide to be TCW Club Speaker". Daily Independent Journal. 1959-04-29. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Actress Speaker for Drama Group". Daily Independent Journal. 1960-02-09. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jo De Winter". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  7. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ Hanson, Eugene Kenneth (November 10, 1984). "Comedy Sparks 'Isn't It Romantic'". Desert Sun. Retrieved July 10, 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  9. ^ a b Samuelsen, Rube (1941-12-21). "Sports Volleys". The Pasadena Post. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ISBN 978-0-8065-1415-4
    – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ Crosby, Joan (1974-04-19). "It's a Woman' World and Men are 'Dinks!'". The World. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Terry, Clifford (July 9, 1989). "Revolutionary radio". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. p. Page 8, Section 13. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Hamilton and Burr". California Artists Radio Theatre. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  14. ^ "Yolo Army Pilot is Nazi Captive". The Sacramento Bee. 1943-05-29. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Hueneme Bay Fashion Show Set Next Week". Ventura County Star-Free Press. 1965-05-21. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Hueneme Bay Community 'Right' for Ex-Air Force Colonel, and Family". Valley News. 1965-04-25. p. 74. Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Obituary for Robert Adamina". San Antonio Express. 1974-12-03. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  18. ^ "Juanita Adamina Obituary (1921-2016)". Los Angeles Times. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  19. ISBN 978-0786499588 – via Google Books
    .

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