Joan Chandler

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Joan Chandler ( Cocktail for a Corpse , 1948)

Joan Chandler (born August 24, 1923 in Butler , Pennsylvania as Joan Cheeseman , † May 11, 1979 in New York City ) was an American actress .

life and career

Joan Chandler was born Joan Cheeseman in Pennsylvania, where her family ran a rental car company. She had two sisters. The brunette actress first attracted attention with her film debut in the drama Humoresque alongside Joan Crawford and John Garfield . In 1947 she was a founding member of the famous Actors Studio . Two years later, Chandler was the leading lady in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Cocktail for a Corpse . She embodied the elegant girlfriend of a murder victim with whom her boyfriend's murderers play nasty intrigues. Cocktail for a corpse remained her last film, after which she only had guest appearances in a few television series. She played in five plays on Broadway , but without achieving a breakthrough as an actress. She probably retired from acting around 1962.

Joan Chandler was married twice, first to David McKay and in later years to Dr. Charles C. Hogan. Both marriages ended in divorce. She died of cancer in 1979 at the age of 55.

Filmography

  • 1946: Humoresque (Humoresque)
  • 1948: Cocktail for a corpse (Rope)
  • 1949: The Philco Television Playhouse (TV series, episode)
  • 1950: Actor's Studio (TV series, episode)
  • 1950: Starlight Theater (TV series, episode)
  • 1950/1956: Studio One (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1951: Somerset Maugham TV Theater (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1951: Celanese Theater (TV series, episode)
  • 1951: Suspense (TV series, episode)
  • 1951–1952: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1951/1962: Armstrong Circle Theater (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1952: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series, two episodes)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joan Chandler on the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ Joan Chandler at the Internet Movie Database

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Chandler, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheeseman, Joan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Butler , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1979
Place of death New York City , New York , United States