Jo Coppola

Josephine "Jo" Coppola (February 22, 1920 – October 22, 1982) was a prominent 1950s American columnist and television critic, employed by Newsday and the New York Post. She was the first TV critic Newsday ever had, and also wrote for Commonweal, and others.

Early life and career Born and raised in Brooklyn, Coppola was the youngest of six children born to Anna (née Capiello) and watchmaker Francesco Coppola. A frequent correspondent with columnist / children's author Elsie-Jean, Coppola attended Holy Name School and Bay Ridge High School, graduating in 1938.

In 1959 she wrote the script for the short film Summer of Decision, a 30-minute-long film produced by the Council on Social Work Education, directed by William A. Graham and starring Suzanne Pleshette, Kevin McCarthy and Nicholas Pryor.

In April 1973, Coppola, along with William Casselman, Nathan W. Goldstein, and Arthur Sylvester, was named to the Board of Governors of the Society of the Silurians.

Death Coppola died at the age of 62, on October 22, 1982.