Actress Joy Garrett, best known as the mother figure Jo Johnson on television's "Days of Our Lives," has died of liver failure. She was 47.

Garrett died Feb. 11 at the UCLA Medical Center, said hospital spokesman Rich Elbaum.

Her acting career spanned film, stage and television, but it was in daytime soap operas that Garrett found her greatest success.

During the seven years she portrayed Jo Johnson, Garrett was named best supporting actress by Soap Opera People magazine and Soap Opera Digest.

Earlier, she appeared for one year on another daytime soap, "The Young and the Restless."

A native of Ft. Worth, Texas, Garrett was educated at Texas Wesleyan University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

She began her entertainment career on Broadway, where she starred as bad girl Betty Rizzo in "Grease" and appeared in "Inner City" and "The Candy Apple."

She also appeared in films, including "Who?" with Trevor Howard and Elliott Gould, and the telepic "Callie and Son" with Lindsay Wagner and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Garrett guest-starred on a number of TV series, including "Magnum P.I., ""Night Court,""Remington Steele,""Quincy,""Three's Company,""Charlie's Angels," and recently, "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

She is survived by her parents, Clarence and Kathleen Garrett. In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorial donations to the Theatre Scholarship Fund at Texas Wesleyan University.

A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. March 7 at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.