Joanna Barnes
| Joanna Barnes | |
|---|---|
|
Barnes in 1959 | |
| Born |
Joanna Barnes November 15, 1934 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, writer |
| Years active | 1956–2002 |
| Spouse(s) |
Richard Edward Herndon (m. 1955–?; divorced) Lawrence Dobkin (m. 1961–1967; divorced) Jack Lionel Warner (married 1980–2012, his death) |
Joanna Barnes (born November 15, 1934) is an American actress and writer.
Early years
Barnes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Pindar Barnes and Alice Weston Munch, with sisters Alice and Judith.[1]
She attended Milton Academy and then Smith College, from which she graduated in 1956 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[2] She majored in English.[3] Barnes received the college's award for poetry, the immediate successor to Sylvia Plath for that recognition. Her research for a magazine article about making movies led to a career change to acting.[4]
Television
Barnes' initial appearance on television was in the episode The Man Who Beat Lupo on Ford Theatre.[1] She made guest appearances on many television shows, including the ABC/Warner Brothers programs, 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick, CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel, "What's My Line" (11/28/1965), and the David Janssen crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Barnes appeared as Kate Henniger, with Bing Russell and Arthur Space in the 1958 episode "Ghost Town" of the ABC/WB western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston.[5] In 1959, she portrayed Lola in the NBC detective series, 21 Beacon Street.
In the 1960s, Barnes worked for producer Martin Ransohoff and appeared in episodes of his The Beverly Hillbillies (Elly Goes to School and The Clampett Look) and was billed as special guest-star. Barnes played Peter Falk's former wife on the 1965–1966 CBS series The Trials of O'Brien and was host of the ABC daytime talk show Dateline: Hollywood in 1967.
She was also a frequent panelist in the early years of the syndicated version of What's My Line?.[6] On December 19, 1972, Barnes appeared on The Merv Griffin Show with Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Dan Martino (founder of the Dan Martino School for Men).
Film
Barnes moved to Los Angeles soon after finishing her education, and took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She went on to have roles in more than 20 films.
Among her most remembered roles is her portrayal of the dimwitted Gloria Upson in Auntie Mame.
Barnes became the 13th actress to play Jane when she appeared in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), opposite Denny Miller as Tarzan.
In Disney's original 1961 version of The Parent Trap starring Hayley Mills, Barnes played gold-digger Vicky Robinson, who temporarily comes between Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. In the 1998 remake starring Lindsey Lohan, she played Vicki Blake, the mother of the gold-digging girlfriend character.
In the 1960s, she appeared in The War Wagon, a lavish western movie starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.
Writing
Barnes was also a writer and columnist. In 1973, she told newspaper columnist Dick Kleiner that she liked writing because "it is something you do yourself. With acting, if you win an Oscar or an Emmy, you have to thank everybody. If you write a book it is completely your own."[7]
She wrote a book, Starting from Scratch, about home decorating[6] and several novels, including The Deceivers (1970), Who Is Carla Hart? (1973),[4] Pastora (1980), and Silverwood (1985). She wrote a weekly book review[8] for the Los Angeles Times,[9] and her column, Touching Home, was carried by The Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate.
Recognition
Barnes's performance in the film Auntie Mame (1958) as the snooty 'Gloria Upson' earned her a Golden Globe nomination for "New Star of the Year."[10]
Personal life
On April 30, 1955, Barnes married Richard Edward Herndon; they later divorced. On June 24, 1962, she married actor Lawrence Dobkin; they divorced on January 16, 1967. On October 1, 1980, she married Jack Lionel Warner. She has no children, but during her marriage to Lawrence Dobkin, she was the stepmother of his daughter Deborah from his first wife, Frances Walker.
TV and filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | Episode: "The Regiment" | |
| 1957 | Ford Theatre | Ileana | Episode: "The Man Who Beat Lupo" |
| 1957 | Playhouse 90 | Ellen Blackwell | Episode: "The Blackwell Story" |
| 1957 | Garment Jungle, TheThe Garment Jungle | Bit Model (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Conflict | Betty Callister Laura Ferris |
Episode: "Anything for Money" Episode: "The Velvet Cage" |
| 1957–1960 | Maverick | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1957 | Cheyenne | Alice Chaney | Episode: "Devil's Canyon" |
| 1958 | Cheyenne | Adelaide Marshall | Episode "Dead to Rights" |
| 1958 | Colt .45 | Kate Henniger | Episode: "Ghost Town" |
| 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon | Party Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Violent Road | Peg Lawrence | |
| 1958 | Onionhead | Snobbish Girl at Party (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | Cathy Bergner | |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Joan Richards | Episode: "Operation Diplomat" |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Gloria Upson | |
| 1959 | Beach Patrol | Edie West | TV movie |
| 1959 | 21 Beacon Street | Lola / Joana | 11 episodes |
| 1959 | Tarzan, the Ape Man | Jane Parker | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Rikki Whitman | Episode: "A Dime a Dozen" |
| 1960 | M Squad | Tammy Worth | Episode: "The Twisted Way" |
| 1960 | Philip Marlowe | Lois Conway | Episode: "Death Takes a Lover" |
| 1960 | Millionaire, TheThe Millionaire | Karen Summers | Episode: "Millionaire Karen Summers" |
| 1960 | The Man from Blackhawk | Colette | Episode: "Remember Me Not" |
| 1960 | Mr. Lucky | Laura Lawrence | Episode: "Taking a Chance" |
| 1960 | General Electric Theater | Princess Camilla | Episode: "The Ugly Duckling" |
| 1960 | Alcoa Theatre | Eve Fremont | Episode: "333 Montgomery Street" |
| 1960 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Joyce Long | Episode: "The Lovely Fraud" |
| 1960 | Dante | Episode: "One for the Birds" | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Claudia Marius | |
| 1960 | Adventures in Paradise | Diane Winthrope | Episode: "Incident in Suva" |
| 1960 | Tab Hunter Show, TheThe Tab Hunter Show | Episode: "Portia Go Home" | |
| 1961 | Tab Hunter Show, TheThe Tab Hunter Show | Isabelle | Episode: "Dream Boy" |
| 1961 | Bringing Up Buddy | Marcia Sutter | Episode: "Buddy's Transfer" |
| 1961 | Michael Shayne | Nora | Episode: "Final Settlement" |
| 1961 | Stagecoach West | Ruby Sanders | Episode: "The Outcasts" |
| 1961 | Untouchables, TheThe Untouchables | Marquise de Bouverais / Marcie McKuen | Episode: "90-Proof Dame" |
| 1961 | Parent Trap, TheThe Parent Trap | Vicky Robinson | |
| 1961 | Bob Cummings Show, TheThe Bob Cummings Show | Amanda Caulfield | Episode: "Executive Sweet" |
| 1961 | Investigators, TheThe Investigators | Georgette | Episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly" |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | Ann Fielding | Episode: "The Golden Carpet" |
| 1961 | The Purple Hills | Amy Carter | |
| 1961 | Follow the Sun | Doris #1 | Episode: "The Primitive Clay" |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Carol Cheston | Episode: "Five for One" |
| 1962 | Laramie | Ruth Lucy Barton |
Episode: "This Barefoot Kid" Episode: "War Hero" |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Cordelia Montagne | Episode: "Tears for a Nobody Doll" |
| 1962 | Have Gun-Will Travel | Penelope Lacey | Episode: "Penelope" |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Sylvia Dorn | Episode: "Mr. Easy" |
| 1963 | Alcoa Premiere | Aggie McCrae | Episode: "The Glass Palace" |
| 1963 | Eleventh Hour, TheThe Eleventh Hour | Dr. Sarah Crowley | Episode: "My Name Is Judith, I'm Lost, You See" |
| 1963 | Empire | Neva Bradford | Episode: "Down There, the World" |
| 1963 | Philbert (Three's a Crowd) | Angela | Short film |
| 1963 | Beverly Hillbillies, TheThe Beverly Hillbillies | Cynthia Fenwick | Episode: "Elly Starts to School" Episode: "The Clampett Look" |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Lisa Cabot | Episode: "88 Bars" |
| 1964 | Arrest and Trial | Melinda Parsons | Episode: "A Circle of Strangers" |
| 1964 | Farmer's Daughter, TheThe Farmer's Daughter | Monica | Episode: "The Next Mrs. Morley" |
| 1964 | Goodbye Charlie | Janie Highland | |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Suzanne Shary | Episode: "Make Way for Tomorrow" |
| 1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Connie | Episode: "Simon Says Get Married" |
| 1965–1966 | Trials of O'Brien, TheThe Trials of O'Brien | Katie O'Brien | 5 episodes |
| 1967 | War Wagon, TheThe War Wagon | Lola | |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves | Diane Prescott | |
| 1967 | Too Many Thieves | Katie | |
| 1968 | Off to See the Wizard | Jane Parker | Episode: "Tarzan the Ape Man" |
| 1968 | Mannix | Phyllis Richards | Episode: "Fear I to Fall" |
| 1969 | Name of the Game, TheThe Name of the Game | Ardith | Episode: "The Perfect Image" |
| 1969 | F.B.I., TheThe F.B.I. | Episode: "The Prey" | |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Lynn Carlisle | Episode: "The Scientific Approach" |
| 1971 | B.S. I Love You | Jane Ink | |
| 1971 | Eddie | Sylvia | TV movie |
| 1971 | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Hannah | Episode: "Operation: Payoff" |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Janet Judson Mrs. Hanley |
Episode: "How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson" Episode: "Miracle at Santa Marta" |
| 1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Bonnie | Episode: "Didn't We Meet at a Murder?" |
| 1972 | Cool Million | Angela Balcom | Episode: "Assault on Gavaloni" |
| 1973 | Love, American Style | Faith Schiller | Episode: "Love and Legend" |
| 1973 | New Perry Mason, TheThe New Perry Mason | Mrs. Ballinger | Episode: "The Case of the Ominous Oath" |
| 1973 | McCloud | Karen Chandler | Episode: "The Solid Gold Swingers" |
| 1973 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Laura Daniels Noreen Saunders |
Episode: "The Working Heart" Episode: "Death Is Only a Side Effect" |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes | Carsia | Episode: "Up Above the World So High" |
| 1975 | SWAT | Andrea | Episode: "Death Carrier" |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Hannah Bigelow | Episode: "Think Murder" |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Camellia Justice | Episode: "The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument" |
| 1975 | I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? | Clarice Oliver | |
| 1976 | Quincy M.E. | Margo Bentley / Barbara Miller | Episode: "Who's Who in Neverland" |
| 1976 | Executive Suite | Sharon Cody | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | Betty White Show, TheThe Betty White Show | Episode: "Play Misty for John" | |
| 1978–1979 | Fantasy Island | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Julia Lathrop | Episode: "Angels on Skates" |
| 1980 | Last Resort, TheThe Last Resort | Episode: "Gone with a Whim" | |
| 1980 | When the Whistle Blows | Mrs. Hamilton | Episode: "Macho Man" |
| 1980 | Trapper John, M.D. | Roz Tremor | Episode: "Girl Under Glass: Part 2" |
| 1982 | Barney Miller | Mrs. Fitzjames | Episode: "Chinatown: Part 1" Episode: "Chinatown: Part 2" |
| 1982 | Hart to Hart | Rosemary Wentworth | Episode: "Hart's Desire" |
| 1983 | Remington Steele | Claudette Crockett | Episode: "My Fair Steele" |
| 1985 | Trapper John, M.D. | Teresa Hillyer | Episode: "In the Eyes of the Beholder" |
| 1986 | Benson | Reba Sennett | Episode: "Real Murder: Part 1" Episode: "Real Murder: Part 2" |
| 1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Lydia Barnett | Episode: "The Way to Dusty Death" |
| 1989 | Cheers | Valerie Crandell | Episode: "The Visiting Lecher" |
| 1998 | Parent Trap, TheThe Parent Trap | Vicki Blake | She played Vicki in the Original "Parent Trap" movie in 1961 |
| 2000 | Then Came You | Lilian | Episode: "Then Came the Monthiversary" |
References
- 1 2 Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8. Pp. 31-32.
- ↑ "Ask the Globe", Boston Globe, September 19, 1997 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ↑ Handsaker, Gene (August 6, 1967). "This Pretty Actress Is Also Writer, Interviewer". The High Point Enterprise. p. 35. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Carter, Michelle (June 19, 1973). "A Creator of Many Images". The Times. p. 11. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Colt .45". ctva.biz. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- 1 2 "Joanna: Actress, Writer". The San Bernardino County Sun. May 27, 1973. p. 103. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kleiner, Dick (October 21, 1973). "Joanna Barnes Now Novelist". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. p. 86. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Misurell, Ed (November 4, 1965). "She's Better Organized Than a Union". The Daily Notes. p. 10. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Byers, Bill (July 17, 1965). "Joanna Barnes Loses Weight At Maddening Pace". The North Adams Transcript. p. 9. Retrieved October 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Joanna Barnes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
External links
- Joanna Barnes at the Internet Movie Database
- Speaking of Stories: Joanna Barnes bio
- Golden Globes: Auntie Mame