Mary Jo Pehl
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Mary Jo Pehl (born February 27 in Circle Pines, Minnesota) is a writer, actress, and comedian. She is best known for her various roles on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Pehl was one of the writers on the MST3k series. From 1992 to 1996, Pehl played the role of "Magic Voice", a disembodied woman's voice who would announce upcoming commercials at the beginning of the show. In 1996, she began playing the role of Pearl Forrester, the mother of Dr. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu). When Beaulieu left the series at the end of the seventh season, she took over as the head "mad" on the series. Pehl also played a number of other small roles on the series, such as "Jan in the Pan", a woman's head that had been removed from a body (inspired by the movie The Brain That Wouldn't Die).
Since the ending of the series, Pehl has had comedy segments on National Public Radio.
Mary Jo turned her hand to writing in 2004 with her first book I Lived With My Parents and Other Tales of Terror published by the always quirky [1]Plan Nine Publishing.
Mary Jo has stated that she is a Catholic, and has written for the Catholic Digest, including an article about a priest who works in a circus [2].
