Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten ( born March 9, 1934 in New York City ) is an American theater, film and television actress.
Life
Van Patten has already sent five months along with her brother Dick from her mother to castings. Already at the age of eight she appeared on the radio and played in the Broadway production of Love's Old Sweet Song. A little later, she and her brother had minor roles in the films reg'lar Fellers and The Wind is ninety. This was followed in the 1950s appeared in numerous plays, such as The Desk Set, A Hole in the Head, The Male Animal undThe Tender Trap. Very often they played it together with her brother Dick.
Her film career began with small roles. So she had a mute role in Fourteen hours and a small supporting role in The Goddess. This was followed by the late 50s, a TV appearance on the soap opera Young and Passionate - As life goes. Your prime-time debut she had as a regular guest in the Danny Kaye Show. After four seasons, she finished her arrangements to set in the sitcom The Good Guys to play on the side of Bob Denver Herb Edelman and. She played the role of Edelman's wife Claudia Gramus. This was followed by guest appearances on numerous television series and films. Among the best known of the U.S. television included The Andy Griffith Show, The Untouchables and the Bob - Newhart Show.
In Germany, for example, ongoing series were The Rockford Files - Just call, Perry Mason and Law & Order. However, their biggest fame in Germany gained Van Patten until 1995 as Maureen Slattery on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After. During the first two seasons, she played a drug addict and ill-tempered mother of the used car dealer Jack Malloy. Most recently, she starred in two episodes of the series Desperate Housewives as Carol Prudy. In addition to her television career, she worked regularly in Broadway productions such as Brighton beach memoirs, Rumors and Rabbit hole.
Van Patten was married three times. Her first marriage at the age of 16 years only lasted a short time. From it emerged a son. Subsequently, she was from 1959 married to actor Martin Balsam until 1962. Both have a daughter, the actress Talia Balsam. After the divorce, she married the actor and director Dennis Dugan. However, this failed marriage.
In addition to her brother Dick and her half-brother, Timothy Van Patten, her sister Pat Van Patten, her nephew Vincent, Nels and James Van Patten and her son John Slattery in the movie business work.