Jo Ann Sayers (born Miriam Lucille Lilygren, October 22, 1918 – November 14, 2011)^[3] was an American actress who was active in Broadway and in Hollywood films. Her film career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s.

Sayers was born in Seattle, Washington.^[4] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5]

She remained in the Broadway cast until June 1942, when she left to marry Anthony A. Bliss, a New York lawyer and patron of the performing arts.^[6]

They married on June 10, 1942, and had three children, but later divorced. Sayers later worked in summer theater, radio and television. She married a second time in 1968 to architect Charles K. Agle;^[4] they remained together until his death in Princeton, New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

Sayers died on November 14, 2011, aged 93, in Princeton, New Jersey.^[7]

• Main Street to Broadway (1953) (uncredited) .... Bride in Musical Number
• The Light of the Western Stars (1940) .... Majesty Hammond
• The Man With Nine Lives (1940) .... Nurse Judith Blair
• Drunk Driving (1939) .... Mrs. Jones
• The Women (1939) (uncredited) .... Debutante
• Fast and Loose (1939) .... Christina 'Chris' Torrent
• Honolulu (1939) .... Nurse
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) .... Susan
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938) .... Barbara