Joan Bradshaw
Joan Gail Bradshaw (born April 14, 1936 in Tulsa County , Oklahoma ) is an American actress.
Life
Joan Bradshaw was born in 1936 to ice cream maker John Powers Bradshaw and Mary Elizabeth Merkle. She grew up in Houston , Texas .
At the age of 15, Joan left school to take part in beauty pageants. In 1953 she won the Miss Texas USA election and came fourth in the Miss USA election . Joan got her first appearances on television as a dancer on the variety show The Arthur Murray Party . Joan got various film roles, including starring alongside Glenn Ford , Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis and working as a model. In October 1956 she was in Playboy .
The series of photos taken by Earl Leaf in 1957 is still known today , showing Joan with her miniature poodle walking through Hollywood .
When Joan married the film producer Frank Ross in 1961, she ended her film career. The marriage with Ross divorced in 1974, the marriage resulted in two children. Jane has been married to James Yow Sitgreaves since 2000 and commutes between Los Angeles and South Padre Island .
Publications
- 1954: Large-scale raid (Dragnet)
- 1956: Girls without a dowry (The Catered Affair)
- 1957: She Devil
- 1957: Gold from a Hot Throat (Loving You)
- 1957: Back from the Dead
- 1957: Looking for Danger
- 1957: Young and Dangerous
- 1957: The Regiment Sack (The Sad Sack)
- 1958: cowboy (cowboy)
- 1958: Crash Landing
- 1959: The fisherman of Galilee (The Big Fisherman)
Web links
- Joan Bradshaw in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Femme Fatale: Joan Bradshaw Java's Bachelor Pad Magazine, accessed November 17, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miss Texas USA Hall of Fame , accessed November 17, 2019
- ↑ Time Frame: Hollywood's Capitol Records Building 59 Years Ago and Now Los Angeles Magazine (English), February 12, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bradshaw, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bradshaw, Joan Gail (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tulsa County , Oklahoma , United States |