Background
Sayers was born as Miriam Lucille Lilygren in Seattle, Washington.
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Jo Sayers
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Her film career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s. She was a budding actress as a child, participating in dances, taking piano and violin lessons, and acting in school plays. She enrolled in Pre-law at the University of Washington, also taking drama classes.
A talent scout noted her in a student production and invited her to Hollywood for a screen test.
She was offered a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first credited film role was in 1938.
In 1940, she was selected for the titular role in the Broadway production of My Sister Eileen, opposite Shirley Booth, who was two decades Sayers" senior, which opened on December 26, 1940. Jo Ann Sayers died on November 14, 2011, aged 93, in Princeton, New Jersey.
Membership
Sayers continued to support the arts and was a member of the Princeton University Concerts Committee, the president of Friends of Music at Princeton University, and a community fellow of Mathey College at the University.
