Joyce Meadows
Joyce Meadows | |
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Born | Joyce Johanna Burger April 13, 1933 Arrowwood, Alberta, Canada |
Occupation | Film and television actress |
Years active | 1956–1995 |
Spouse(s) | Merrill Harrington (m. 1984) |
Website | joycemeadows |
Joyce Johanna Burger (born April 13, 1933)[1] is a Canadian-American film and television actress.[2]
Life and career[]
Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta.[1][3] Meadows was a winner of the Miss Sacramento pageant,[1] where she was the second runner-up.[4] She later was Miss Hollywood,[5] where Meadows had moved to Hollywood, California.[1] She studied acting there under Jeff Corey, earning her scholarship from the Pasadena Playhouse.[1] Meadows moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began her film and television career, appearing in the film Flesh and the Spur, in 1956.[1] She continued her career, mainly appearing in film and television programs.[1]
Later in her career, Meadows guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Bachelor Father, 77 Sunset Strip, Harbor Command, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, Highway Patrol, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Millionaire, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Man and the Challenge, and Maverick. She also starred in the short-lived television series Two Faces West.[1] Meadows also starred and co-starred in films, such as, The Brain from Planet Arous, Frontier Gun, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Walk Tall and Zebra in the Kitchen.[1] Meadows retired in 1995.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 297–298. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ellingson, Steve (July 28, 1957). "Chaise Is Designed for Anyone's Curves". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 53. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joyce Meadows Is A Little Theatre Graduate. Lewiston Evening Journal. April 4, 1959. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "40,000 See Fresno Brunette Crowned 'Miss California". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. June 22, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Beauty Isn't Everything, They Say". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. June 20, 1954. p. 4. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Alberta
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century American women