Joanna Cameron

Career

Early career While at college, Cameron became friends with Linda Hope, the daughter of Bob Hope. When she was introduced to the famous comedian, he cast her in the film How to Commit Marriage in 1969. This led to a series of film and television roles throughout the 1970s. Cameron was reportedly considered for the Love Story role that went to Ali MacGraw. She acted in the 1970s films B.S. I Love You and the black comedy Pretty Maids All in a Row.

Her television performances also included roles in The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, Columbo, and several episodes of Marcus Welby, MD. She also had a prolific career in commercials and claimed at one time to have held the record for having done the most commercials in the Guinness Book of World Records. In the series, Cameron portrayed a young high-school science teacher named Andrea Thomas who discovers an enchanted amulet while in Egypt. The amulet, which originally belonged to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut and also intended for Hatshepsut's (female) descendants (including Thomas herself), bestows the supposed powers of the goddess Isis on her when she invokes them by uttering the phrase, "O mighty Isis!" These powers include super-human strength and speed ("the speed of gazelles"), the ability to fly (or to "soar as the falcon soars"), and telekinesis ("command [of] the elements of sky and Earth"), all of which she uses to fight crime.

Isis ran from September 6, 1975, to September 3, 1977. Twenty-two episodes were produced, and Isis also appeared in three episodes of the related Saturday morning super-hero drama Shazam!. Merv Griffin once estimated that her commercials, strung together, would run for 150 hours.

Cameron's last-known role was in the 1980 TV movie Swan Song.

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes

3 episodes: "Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose". Nobody Wants a Fat Jockey" and "The Other Side of the Chart"

Films 1970 I Love My Wife Nurse Sharon 1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row Yvonne Millick Screenplay by Gene Roddenberry; directed by Roger Vadim 1971 B.S. I Love You Marilyn / Michelle

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1972 Photoplay Awards Gold Medal Favorite Female Star