Joan Marshall

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Joan Marshall, born Joan Schrepfermann (born June 19, 1931 in Chicago , Illinois , † June 28, 1992 in Jamaica ) was an American actress .

Life

Joan Marshall suffered from poliomyelitis as a child , which resulted in temporary paralysis. Nevertheless, she managed to work as a dancer at a young age, first in Chicago and later in Las Vegas . In 1945 she made her debut in a small role in the film The Chicago Kid . During the 1950s and 1960s, she appeared on a number of television series, including The Smoking Colts , 77 Sunset Strip , Spaceship Enterprise , Bonanza, and Tennis Rackets and Cannons . In 1964 she played the role of Herman Munster's wife Phoebe (later: Lily) in a non-broadcast pilot in the series The Munsters . Shortly thereafter, Joan Marshall was replaced by Yvonne De Carlo .

She made her most famous film appearance under the name Jean Arless in William Castle's thriller Murderous (1961). After a brief appearance in the film Shampoo (1975), she ended her acting career.

Joan Marshall was married several times, from 1969 to 1971 in the second (according to author Nick Dawson in the third) marriage to the director Hal Ashby . She had two children, Sheri and Stephen, the latter died in 1972 at the age of 22.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: The Chicago Kid
  • 1958: Live Fast, Die Young
  • 1961: Murderous (Homicidal)
  • 1963: Sandra and the Doctor (Tammy and the Doctor)
  • 1964: The Munsters (pilot, as Phoebe)
  • 1964: I would love to be in love (Looking for Love)
  • 1975: shampoo

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joan Schrepfermann according to the entry on Bfi.org.uk, accessed December 1, 2012; Douglas Brode: Once Was Enough: Celebrities (And Others) Who Appeared a Single Time on the Screen. Citadel Press, 1996, p. 154. Jean Schrepfermann, according to Everett Aaker: Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. McFarland, 2006, p. 354.
  2. ↑ Nick Dawson: Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel. University Press of Kentucky, 2009, p. 110.
  3. ↑ Stephen Jones: The Essential Monster Movie Guide: A Century of Creature Features on Film, TV and Video. Billboard Books 2000, ISBN 978-0823079360 , p. 264.
  4. ↑ Nick Dawson: Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel. University Press of Kentucky, 2009, pp. 110, 128, and others. 135.
personal data
SURNAME Marshall, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arless, Jean; Ashby, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1992
Place of death Jamaica