Joan Tompkins

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Joan Tompkins
Cameron Prud'homme Charme Allen Joan Tompkins David Harum 1947.JPG
Tompkins (right) as Susan Price Wells with Cameron Prud'homme and Charme Allen in the radio serial David Harum, 1947.
Born(1915-07-09)July 9, 1915
New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 29, 2005(2005-01-29) (aged 89)
Orange County, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1953-1980
Spouse(s)Steve Appleby (? - ?)
Bruce MacFarlane (? - ?)
Karl Swenson (widowed in 1978)
Children4 stepsons

Joan Swenson (July 9, 1915 – January 29, 2005),[1] previously known as Joan Tompkins, was an American actress of television, film, radio, and stage, who co-founded with her husband, Karl Swenson, an acting company in Beverly Hills.[citation needed]


Program Role
Against the Storm Siri Allen[2]
David Harum Susan Wells[2]:94
Lora Lawton Lora Lawton[2]:206
Our Gal Sunday Madeline Travers[2]:262
Young Widder Brown Joyce Turner[2]:361
Your Family and Mine Judy Wilbur[2]:362


Her other television roles include:

  • Adventures in Paradise as Cora Summers in "Assassins" (1961)
  • Hazel as Florence Gurney in "Hazel and the Gardener" (1962)
  • The New Breed as Mrs. Marsh in "How Proud the Guilty" (1962)
  • Bus Stop, as Sarah Jenkins in "The Runaways" (1961) and unknown role in "I Kiss Your Shadow" (1962)
  • The Danny Thomas Show, two episodes (1959 and 1962)
  • The Lieutenant, two episodes (1963–1964)
  • Route 66, as Mrs. Thomas in “Between Hello and Goodbye” (1962)
  • The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Martha Pollux in “The Day of the Wizard” (1964)
  • The Eleventh Hour, three episodes, including the two-parter, “Does My Mother Have to Know?”, in the role of Aggie Britt (1964)
  • Mr. Novak as Mrs. Douglas Morgan, Sr., in "The Private Life of Douglas Morgan, Jr." (1964)
  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Mrs. Harper in "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter" (1964)
  • Perry Mason, three episodes (1962–1964)
  • Dr. Kildare, three episodes (1962–1965)
  • Slattery's People, as Dorothy Ralston in “Question, What Time Is the Next Bandwagon?” (1965)
  • The Farmer's Daughter in "Katie's Castle" (1965)
  • Mannix as Mrs. Dover in “Turn Every Stone” (1967)
  • Mission: Impossible as Miss Putnam in "The Seal" (1967)
  • Occasional Wife as Mrs. Brahms in "Pilot" and "No Cookie for Dessert" (1966)[citation needed]
  • I Dream of Jeannie as General's wife in "Invisible House for Sale" (1968)
  • Bewitched as Harriet Walters in "Once in a Vial" (1968)
  • The Brady Bunch as Mrs. Tyler in “The Honeymoon” (1969) which was that show's premiere episode
  • Lassie, in two episodes, including the role of Mrs. Davis in the 1964 episode “The Little Christmas Tree” and as Katherine in the 1971 segment entitled “The Awakening”
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as Mrs. Thorn, secretary to Lou Grant, episode "Who's in Charge Here?" (1972)
  • Griff, as Ruth in “Elephant in a Cage” (1973)
  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, three episodes, including two as a judge (1973–1974)
  • Barnaby Jones, three episodes, including role of Judge Edith Royce in “Voice in the Night” (1976)
  • The Waltons, as Mrs. Herbert in "The Achievement" (1977), the final appearance of Richard Thomas in the series and the episode in which John-Boy Walton he obtains publication of his first novel[3]
  • Emergency! as Maggie Trigg in “The Most Deadly Passage” (1978), made into a television movie the following year[citation needed]


References[]

  1. ^ "Social Security Death Index". ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  3. ^ "The Waltons: "The Achievement"". fandango.com. Retrieved January 17, 2010.

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