Background
Jordan was born Roberta Carol Bartlett and raised in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
Jordan was born Roberta Carol Bartlett and raised in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
She moved from Kentucky to Chicago and then to Los Angeles, originally to study and pursue opera. 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.
She was given the lead in the club"s Cinderella production, which soon led to a contract with the William Morris talent agency.
Jordan debuted as a series regular in a 1966 American Broadcasting Company television series, The Rounders. She also co-starred in the Columbia Broadcasting System 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. She remained as a series regular on General Hospital from March 1976 until September 1977.
She appeared in guest roles on The Odd Couple, Charlie"s Angels, Diff"rent Strokes, One Day at a Time, Quincy Mechanical Engineering, Nero Wolfe, Highway to Heaven, The Manitoba From United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, The Wild Wild West, Love, American Style, and Ironside.
Jordan pursued film roles as well. She was fcast as a waitress in the 1967 film A Guide for the Married Manitoba, starring Walter Matthau. 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.
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.
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.
Bill Jacobson had been the lead writer for the The Kate Smith Show in 1960.
