Joan Taylor

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Joan Taylor (born August 18, 1929 in Geneva , Illinois , † March 4, 2012 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American actress , television producer and screenwriter .

Life

Taylor was born as Rose Marie Emma; In some sources, the place of birth is not Geneva, but Lake Forest , Illinois. Her mother, Amelia Berky, came from Austria and was a vaudeville star in the 1920s ; her father, Joseph (Joe) Emma, ​​was a prop master and later ran a movie theater , the Deerpath Theater, in Lake Forest. Joan Taylor attended Geneva Community High School.

In 1946 Taylor went to California with the goal of becoming an actress. She enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse Theater School in Pasadena , where she completed her acting training. In the early 1950s, Taylor appeared as a stage actress at the Pasadena Community Playhouse in Pasadena in the play Mistake in Heaven by Harry Segall . During this production she met her future husband, the screenwriter and television producer Leonard Freeman ; Taylor and Freeman married in 1953.

Taylor has worked as an actress in several movies since the late 1940s . She was mainly used in westerns and science fiction films , such as the Indian Luta in The White Son of the Sioux (1952; next to Charlton Heston ), as the Indian Wanima in the western In the Valley of Verderbens (1953), as an Indian Wanda in the western Rose Marie (1954), as half-blood Anne LeBeau in the western Hot Colts and Fast Horses (1955; partnered with Lloyd Bridges ), as the scientist Carol Marvin in the science fiction film Flying Saucers Attack (1956) , as the Mexican Riva in the western rebel of the red mountains (as partner of Lex Barker ), as the young Sicilian Marisa Leonardo in the science fiction film The Beast from Space (1957) and as the slave Yaffa in the adventure film Storm over Persia ( 1957).

Taylor also worked extensively for television since the 1950s . Taylor was particularly well known on television for her recurring series role as Milly Scott in the western series West of Santa Fé . She played in it, alongside Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford , the owner of the grocery store. After her contract expired, Taylor withdrew from the film business to devote herself to her family and raising their children.

She also had several episode roles and guest roles in various American television series , including Wagon Train (1958), Mike Hammer (1958), Peter Gunn (1958), Yancy Derringer (1958), Smoking Colts (1959), No Case For FBI (1961), My Three Sons (1961), A Thousand Miles of Dust (1961), Bronco (1962) and 77 Sunset Strip (1963).

After the death of her husband Leonard Freeman († 1974), Taylor took over and headed her husband's production company, Leonard Freeman Productions , and was the producer of the television series Hawaii Five-Zero until 1980 .

Taylor also worked as a screenwriter . She wrote the screenplay for the film Fools Rush In (1997) with Salma Hayek and Matthew Parry in the lead roles. She also wrote the script for the episode 'Tis the Season of the US television series An American Family .

Private

In 1953 Taylor married the screenwriter and television producer Leonard Freeman (* 1920); he died in January 1974 as a result of heart surgery. The marriage produced three daughters. In his second marriage, Taylor was married from 1976 to 1980 with the film producer and director Walter Grauman (1922-2015); the marriage was divorced.

Joan Taylor died in Santa Monica at the age of 82; natural causes were given as the cause of death.

Filmography (selection)

actress

Producer, screenwriter

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Geneva-Born Actress Joan Taylor, of Movies and 'The Rifleman' Fame, Dies at Age 82  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary; GenevaPatch dated March 6, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / geneva.patch.com  
  2. a b c Joan Taylor Vita Glamor Girls of the Silver Screen ; last accessed on July 7, 2012
  3. a b c Actress Joan Taylor Dies at 82 Obituary; The Hollywood Reporter March 6, 2012