About Joan Marshall
Lived 1931 – 1992 (aged 61). Joan Marshall was an American actor, television actor, film actor and actress.
Joan Marshall (born Joan Schrepferman; June 6, 1931 – June 28, 1992) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her appearances in The Twilight Zone "Dead Man's Shoes" and Star Trek "Court Martial", as well as in the 1961 film Homicidal.
Early life She was born Joan Schrepferman on June 6, 1931
Career After appearing as a dancer in The Chicago Kid (1945) and in a part in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel playing Sheriff Quinn's daughter Molly in S1 E26 "Birds of a Feather" (1958), she moved to California around 1959. In 1959, she reprised the Lauren Bacall role of Sailor Duval in the short-lived television series version of the syndicated radio series Bold Venture. During the 1960s, Marshall frequently guest-starred on various television series, including Tales of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Gunsmoke, and The Jack Benny Program.
She appeared in the films Homicidal (using the stage name Jean Arless) and Tammy and the Doctor opposite Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda.
Marshall also appeared in the 15-minute unaired pilot of The Munsters as Phoebe Munster (who strongly resembled Morticia Addams). Before the series was picked up, The Munsters was retooled and Marshall was replaced by actress Yvonne De Carlo. Marshall continued guest-starring in episodic television throughout the 1960s before her last role in the 1975 film Shampoo with Warren Beatty. She also worked as Barbra Streisand's personal assistant on her self-produced 1976 film A Star Is Born.
Personal life and death Marshall was married five times. She had two children with her first two husbands. Marshall's third marriage was to director Hal Ashby in August 1969; she divorced him a year later in 1970, and married for a fourth time to Jeffrey A. Stein in 1978, whom she also divorced. In 1990 she married for a fifth time, this time to executive Mel Bartfield. She bought property in Jamaica. She died there of lung cancer at age 61 on June 28, 1992.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1945 The Chicago Kid Dancer uncredited 1958 Live Fast, Die Young Judy Tobin 1961 Homicidal Emily/Warren credited as Jean Arless 1963 Tammy and the Doctor Vera Parker, Nurse 1964 Looking for Love Miss Devine 1967 The Happiest Millionaire Maid uncredited 1968 The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit Mimsey 1969 The Great Sex War Make Love Not War 1975 Shampoo Mrs. Schumann
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1957 Alcoa Theatre Rita Benson Episode: "Souvenir" 1958 Have Gun - Will Travel Molly Episode: "Birds of a Feather" 1958 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Lisa Greer Episode: "Play Belles' Toll" 1958 The Millionaire Helen Rawlings Episode: "The Jack Garrison Story" 1958 Tombstone Territory Laura Coleman Episode: "Fight for a Fugitive" 1958 Highway Patrol Alice Carter Episode: "Hostage" 1958 Bat Masterson Laura Hopkins Episode: "Stampede at Tent City" 1958 The Rough Riders Lydia Kimbrough Episode: "The Governor" 1958, 1961 Maverick Various roles 2 episodes 1959 Bold Venture Sailor Duval Main cast 1960 M Squad Karen Tinsley Episode: "Needle in a Haystack" 1960 Men into Space Lorrie Sigmund Episode: "Flash in the Sky" 1960 Lawman Lady Belle Smythe Episode: "The Lady Belle" 1960 Bourbon Street Beat Amanda Hale Episode: "Last Exit" 1960 Hennesey Consuelo Maddox Episode: "The Marriage of Dr. Blair" 1960–1961 Dante Various roles 2 episodes 1960–1961 Bronco Various roles 3 episodes 1960–1962 Surfside 6 Various roles 3 episodes 1960, 1962 77 Sunset Strip Various roles 2 episodes 1960–1963 Hawaiian Eye Various roles 3 episodes 1961 Michael Shayne Randy Hobbes Episode: "Murder 'Round My Wrist" 1961 Tales of Wells Fargo Lisa Lindsay Episode: "The Barefoot Bandit" 1961 The Detectives Various roles 2 episodes 1961 The Roaring 20's Carla 2 episodes 1962 The Twilight Zone Wilma Episode: "Dead Man's Shoes" 1962 Follow the Sun Winifred Episode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo" 1962 Gunsmoke Emma Episode: "Wagon Girls" 1962 Alcoa Premiere Rhoda Traynor Episode: "Guest In the House" 1963–1964 The Jack Benny Program Various roles 2 episodes 1964 Petticoat Junction Lucy Wayne Episode: "Visit from a Big Star" 1964 The Munsters Phoebe Munster Unaired pilot 1965 The F.B.I. Elizabeth Gowan Episode: "The Insolents" 1966 Laredo Miss Ivy Vine Episode: "Limit of the Law Larkin" 1966 Dr. Kildare Charlene Ross 2 episodes 1967 The Road West Judith Devery Episode: "The Predators" 1967 Star Trek Lt. Areel Shaw Episode: "Court Martial" 1967 I Spy Ellie Episode: "Casanova from Canarsie" 1967 Bonanza Millie Perkins Episode: "A Man Without Land"
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Who was Joan Marshall?
American actress (1931–1992)
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Joan Marshall was born on 19 June 1931 in Chicago.
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Joan Marshall died on 28 June 1992 in Jamaica.
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Joan Marshall was an actor, television actor, film actor and actress.
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Joan Marshall was American.
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