Granddaughter of Abraham "Bert" Jonas, theatrical agent famous for
giving many Afro-American entertainers their "breaks" in the theatrical
business, some of the acts were: Nipsey Russell, Sammy Davis Junior and
the Will Maston Trio, Bobby "tables" Davis, The Nicholas Brothers, etc.
Joanne's aunt married Carl Florian Zittel, (Zit) "right hand man" to
Marcus Loew..founder of the Loews theatrical empire, also associated
with William Randolph Hearst Sr., as publisher of Zit's Weekly which
pre-dated Variety by many years.