While at the University of Miami, Pflug hosted a weekly radio show called "The Magic Carpet", where she was the storyteller. Following that, for four years she hosted a weekly live interview talk show called
Montage. Her background in interviewing led her to be the first woman to have a live weekly TV talk show in the late 1960s in Los Angeles on
KHJ-TV, channel 9. Her first screen credit was in
Cyborg 2087, released in 1966. She was also the voice of
Invisible Girl in the
1967 animated version of Fantastic Four. Pflug's first major role was as U.S. Army nurse
Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider in the 1970 film
M*A*S*H. Also in 1970, she starred in the "To Carry the Sun in a Golden Cup" episode of
Marcus Welby, M.D. in which she played an ailing nurse. She appeared in
Catlow (1971) with
Yul Brynner,
Where Does It Hurt? (1972) starring
Peter Sellers, and as Lt. Katherine O'Hara in the television series spin-off of
Operation Petticoat (1979). Pflug co-starred in the made-for-television movie
The Night Strangler (1973), a sequel to the movie
The Night Stalker (1972), and a precursor of the TV series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–75). She starred in the TV werewolf movie
Scream of the Wolf (1974) alongside
Peter Graves and
Clint Walker. a co-host with
Allen Funt on the 1970s version of
Candid Camera, and a regular in the TV series
The Fall Guy for the 1981–1982 season. In 1984, she was the first actress to play Taylor Chapin in the syndicated
soap opera Rituals. She made guest appearances on
McCloud;
The Love Boat;
CHiPs;
The Dukes of Hazzard;
One Day at a Time;
Knight Rider;
Love, American Style;
Adam-12;
Quincy, M.E.;
Alias Smith and Jones; ''
Charlie's Angels; and The Colbys''. Later roles include Boss Jack's wife in
Traveller (1997) and Cynthia Vaughn in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997). In 2011, she interviewed
Pat Boone,
Shirley MacLaine, and other celebrities for
The Jo Ann Pflug Show on Seaview Radio. ==Personal life==