Joanne — Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Character Profile

About Joanne

A Disciple who arrives in a Porsche, revealing she is the former Joe Qualley after undergoing a sex-change operation. She shares a traumatic flashback of being assaulted while crossdressing and is later revealed to be the biological father of Mona's son, Jimmy Dean.

Character Facts

Played by

Karen Black

Appears in

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Joanne — Family Biological Father — Mona (Sandy Dennis)

  Joanne is the true biological father of Mona's son, a fact revealed during the reunion.

• Joanne — Social Former Friend — Sissy (Cher)

  Former high school friend who reconnects during the reunion and helps uncover the truth.

• Joanne — Meta Former Identity — Joe Qualley (Mark Patton)

  The same person at different life stages, representing a profound identity shift.

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More characters from Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

• Sissy (Cher)
• Mona (Sandy Dennis)
• Stella Mae (Kathy Bates)
• Edna Louise (Marta Heflin)
• Juanita (Sudie Bond)
• Teenager (Caroline Aaron)
• Joe Qualley (Mark Patton)
• Teenager (Ann Risley)
• Teenager (Ruth Miller)