Joan Anderson died April 19 in New York City at age 89 after a brief illness, according to The Chronicle-Telegram. Anderson's long and successful career included stints as a stage, TV and radio actress, as well as an advertising casting director and voice-over coach.Anderson began her professional career as 'Joan Barton' in radio dramas heard over WHK and WGAR in Cleveland.
Moving to New York at the end of World War II, Anderson soon met her husband, Fred Uttal, a noted radio and TV announcer.