Jorie Remus was a promising comedienne in the 1950s performing in clubs
in San Francisco such as; The Purple Onion and The Hungry i. She also
performed in New York clubs, as well as off-Broadway in several plays.
Her career was badly damaged by personal problems, compounded by an
erroneous report that she had died. Ultimately she settled in Hawaii
and has made appearances on Hawaii Five-O and Magnum P.I. the latter
show probably representing her final acting work in 1982.
Remus was an influence on Phyllis Diller, who sought out Remus's acting
coach, who was instrumental in developing Diller's early work.
In the early 1990s James Gavin profiled Remus, among others in Intimate
nights: the golden age of New York cabarets, attributing the false
report of Remus's death to famed columnist Dorothy Kilgallen. He does
not however discuss if she was still living at the time of his
writing.
