Joyce Taylor

Joyce Taylor (September 4, 1936)^[1] is an American actress. She starred in movies and TV series mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Born in Taylorville, Illinois as Joyce Crowder, she based her stage name on her hometown. A coal miner's daughter, Taylor sang in amateur shows at age 10 and turned professional at 15, signing with Mercury Records. She was under contract to Howard Hughes-owned RKO Pictures in the 1950s but he only allowed her to act in one movie (a small part in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in 1956).^[2] When her seven-year contract ended, she became a regular on the science-fiction adventure TV series Men Into Space (1959–60) and acted in many other TV shows, as well as several feature films.

Filmography

Film

• 1956: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
• 1959: The FBI Story
• 1961: Atlantis, the Lost Continent
• 1961: Ring of Fire
• 1962: Beauty and the Beast
• 1963: Twice-Told Tales
• 1971: The Windsplitter

Television

• 1958: 77 Sunset Strip
• 1959: Sea Hunt
• 1959: Lawman
• 1959: Lock-Up
• 1959: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• 1959–1960: Men Into Space
• 1960: Bat Masterson
• 1960: The Untouchables
• 1960–1962: Tales of Wells Fargo
• 1962: Bonanza
• 1962: Wagon Train
• 1964: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• 1964–1965: The Littlest Hobo

References

1. "Taylorville Actress To Star At Anniversary Party". Pana News-Palladium. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
2. "Joyce Taylor profile". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen.

External links

• Joyce Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Joyce Taylor fan page on Facebook
• A Princess of Atlantis in Starlog magazine