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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Joyce Van Patten Biography (1934-)
Born March 9, 1934, in New York, NY; daughter of Richard (an interior decorator) and Josephine (a magazine advertising executive; maiden name, Acerno) VanPatten; sister of Dick Van Patten (an actor); married Martin Balsam (an actor, divorced); married Dennis Dugan (divorced); children: Talia Balsam. Addresses: Agent: Silver Massetti & Associates, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- March 9, 1934
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) As the winner in a Shirley Temple look-alike contest, RKO Theatre, Richmond Hill, NY, 1936
- (Broadway debut) Mae Yearlin, Love's Old Sweet Song, PlymouthTheatre, 1940
- Marie Antoinette Benson, Popsy, 48th Street Theatre, New York City, 1941
- Zoey, Family Honeymoon, Lakewood Theatre, Skowhegan, ME, 1941
- Mary, This Rock, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1943
- Patricia Frame, Tomorrow the World, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1943 , then at Elitch Gardens Theatre, Denver, CO, 1944
- Helen Williams, The Perfect Marriage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1944
- Joan, The Wind Is Ninety, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1945
- Ilka Morgan, The Bees and the Flowers, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1946 , then season at Elitch Gardens Theatre, Denver, 1949
- Standby for the role of Ruth, The Man, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1950
- Judy, Junior Miss, Lake Whalon Playhouse, MA, 1951
- Joyce Reid, Put Them All Together, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT,1954
- Elsa, The Desk Set, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1955
- Julie Gillis, The Tender Trap, Pocono Playhouse, Mountainhome, PA,1955
- Myra Hagerman, Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Pocono Playhouse, 1955
- Shirl, A Hole in the Head, Plymouth Theatre, 1957
- Mary Magdalene, Between Two Thieves, York Theatre, New York City,1960 , then at Theatre West, University of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.), 1961
- Ensemble, Wild Wicked World (revue), Interlude Club, Hollywood, CA, 1962
- Various roles, Spoon River Anthology, Theatre West, U.C.L.A., 1963, then in the production, retitled Spoon River, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1963
- Sarah, The Lover, the Theatre Group, U.C.L.A., 1965
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Who Wants to Be the Lone Ranger, New Theatre for Now, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1971
- Canina, Volpone, Mark Taper Forum, 1972
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Spoon River, Theatre West, U.C.L.A., 1972
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Twenty-Three Years Later, New Theatre for Now, Mark Taper Forum, 1973
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The Kitchen, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Los Angeles, 1975
- Doris, Same Time Next Year, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1975
- Marianne, Gethsemane Springs, Mark Taper Forum, 1977
- Arlene Miller, Murder at the Howard Johnson's, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1979
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Triptych, U.C.L.A. Theatre Company, Los Angeles, 1979
- Steffy, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NewYork City, 1980
- Pauline, The Seagull, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Florrie, The Supporting Cast, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1981
- Blanche, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, then Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1983
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Look Homeward, Angel, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1985
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Taller than a Dwarf, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Also appeared in Jake's Women; Rumors;
More to Love; Desk Set; Labor Day, Manhattan Theatre Club; Harold Prince's Show Boat, Chicago Company; Ivanov, Yale Repertory;All My Sons, San Jose Repertory; and Light Up the Sky, Hartford Stage.
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Major Tours
- Mae Yearling, Love's Old Sweet Song, U.S. cities, 1940
- Judy, Junior Miss, summer theatres, 1946
- Miriam, Dear Ruth, summer theatres, 1947
- Monica, The Second Man, summer theatres, 1948
- Pat, The Male Animal, summer theatres, 1953
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Spice of Life, U.S. cities, 1955
- Karen Nash, Muriel Tate, and Norma Hubley, Plaza Suite, U.S. cities, 1971
- Ellen Manville, Luv, U.S. cities, 1974
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Same Time Next Year, Canadian cities, 1975
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Mae, Reg'lar Fellers, PRC Pictures, 1941
- Barbara, Ruth's friend, Fourteen Hours, Twentieth Century-Fox,1951
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The Goddess, Columbia, 1958
- Joyce, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (also known as Kiss My Butterfly), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
- Maude, The Trouble with Girls (also known as The Chautauquaand The Trouble with Girls (and How to Get Into It)), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
- Anna Fahrquardt, Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You, United Artists, 1970
- Betty Fuller, Making It, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
- Polly Standall, Something Big, National General, 1971
- Mother, Thumb-Tripping, AVCO-Embassy, 1972
- Bernadette, Bone (also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare,
Dial Rat,
Dial Rat for Terror, and Housewife), Jack HarrisEnterprises, 1972
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Unreal, 1972
- Ida Mae, Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery, 1973
- Sally Cato, Mame, Warner Bros., 1974
- Cleveland, The Bad News Bears, Paramount, 1976
- Jan, Mikey and Nicky, Paramount, 1977
- Mrs. Boyce, The Falcon and the Snowman, Orion, 1985
- Mrs. Beamish, St. Elmo's Fire, Columbia, 1985
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Crawlspace, 1986
- Nadia's mother, Blind Date, 1987
- Dorothy Mann, Monkey Shines (also known as Ella, and Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear), 1988
- Nettie Brown, Trust Me, 1989
- Aunt Ruth, Infinity, BMG, 1996
- Mrs. Mahler, Show & Tell, 1998
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Olga, But I Don't Want to Get Married!, 1970
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The Bravos, 1972
- Grace Lockhard, Winter Kill, 1974
- Phyllis, The Stranger Within (also known as Trespass), 1974
- Sister of mercy, Columbo: Negative Reaction, 1974
- Linette Robbin, Let's Switch!, 1975
- Edie Gould, Winner Take All (also known as Time Lock), 1975
- Ruth Lytton, Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder, 1976
- Janet Murphy, Murder at the Mardi Gras, 1977
- Ellen Dietz, The Comedy Company, 1978
- Miss Wellington, You Can't Take it with You, 1979
- Malvina 'Tommy' Thompson, Eleanor, First Lady of the World, 1982
- Janet Stein, Another Woman's Child, 1983
- Connie Frazier, The Demon Murder Case (also known as The RhodeIsland Murders), 1983
- Caroline Ruben, In Defense of Kids, 1983
- Dema Harshbarger, Malice in Wonderland (also known as The RumorMill), CBS, 1985
- Harriet Goodman, Picking Up the Pieces, CBS, 1985
- Helen Talbot, Under the Influence, 1986
- Cora Miller, The Haunted, Fox, 1991
- Leila, Maid for Each Other, NBC, 1992
- Serena, Breathing Lessons, CBS, 1994
- Erika Magnussen, The Gift of Love (also known as Set for Life), ABC, 1994
- Edith, Neil Simon's Jake's Women, CBS, 1996
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Series
- First Janice Turner Hughes, As the World Turns, 1956-57
- Nurse Clara Kershaw, Young Dr. Malone, NBC, 1959-60
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The Brighter Day, CBS, 1961
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The Danny Kaye Show, CBS, 1964-67
- Claudia Gramus, The Good Guys, CBS, 1968-70
- Jean Benedict, The Don Rickles Show, CBS, 1972
- Iris Chapman, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, CBS, 1979
- Maureen, Unhappily Ever After (also known as Unhappily), 1995-96
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Television Appearances, Miniseries
- Betty Eischied, To Kill a Cop, 1978
- Elma Parkhill, The Martian Chronicles, ABC, 1980
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- "Dinner at Eight," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1948
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Hollywood Screen Test, WJS, 1949
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Martin Kane, Private Eye, CBS, 1949
- Maud Pomfritt, Dobie Gillis, CBS, 1959
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Armstrong Circle Theatre, 1960
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The Wendy Barrie Show, WNTA, 1960
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The Law and Mr. Jones, ABC, 1960
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Ben Casey, ABC, 1961
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The Verdict Is Yours, CBS, 1961
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Bus Stop, ABC, 1962
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Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1962
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Checkmate, CBS, 1962
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The Detectives, NBC, 1962
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Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1962
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The Loretta Young Show, CBS, 1962
- "Who Killed Edde Gannon?," Wide Country, NBC, 1962
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The Alcoa Hour, 1963
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Perry Mason, CBS, 1963
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The Lloyd Bridges Show, CBS, 1963
- Grace, "The Lonely Hours," Alfred Hitchcock, CBS, 1963
- "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1963
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Stoney Burke, ABC, 1963
- Claire Vale, "The Spoiler," The Untouchables, ABC, 1963
- Eileen Ransome, "Passage on the Lady Anne," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
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The Defenders, CBS, 1963
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The Outer Limits, ABC, 1963
- "Ring of Silence," The Virginian, 1965
- Laura Hollander, "Opie Steps Up in Class," The Andy Griffith Show,1967
- Jilted bride, "I Do I Don't," The Odd Couple, 1970
- Gail Spencer, "Class Clown," Family Affair, 1970
- "Turnabout," The F.B.I., 1971
- "Paper Badge," Nichols, 1971
- Connie Miller, "Let's Get Away from It, Almost," The Bob Newhart Show, 1972
- Kate Werner Macklin, "A Flight of Hawks," Cannon, 1972
- Mrs. Rudolph, "The House on Hyde Street," The Streets of San Francisco, 1973
- Lianne Sweeny, "To Protect and Serve: Parts 1 and 2," The Rockford Files, 1977
- Gloria, "Aftershock," Lou Grant, 1977
- Harriet Meuller, Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1991
- Belle Adderly, Sisters, NBC, 1991
- Ramona Stark, Ph.D., "Extended Family," Law & Order, NBC, 1993
- Sarah Emerson, "Murder at the Telethon," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1993
- Emma, All-American Girl, ABC, 1994
- Sylvia, "Family Business," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999
- Psychiatrist, "Nothing to Fear But Nothing to Fear," Now and Again, ABC, 1999
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Pilots
- "Pilot," Crazy Like a Fox, 1984
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Specials
- "The Flattering Word," Hour Glass, NBC, 1946
- "Dinner at Eight," Hour Glass, NBC, 1948
- "Brief Music," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1951
- "The Killers," Buick Show, CBS, 1959
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Burt and the Girls, 1973
- Performer, Hotel 90, 1973
- Maureen Langaree, Maureen, 1976
- Lyla Plant, The Plant Family, 1978
- Lila Manchester, A Christmas for Boomer, 1979
- Barbara Thatcher, Bulba, 1981
- Grace, Bus Stop, 1982
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Day-to-Day Affairs, 1985
- Ilene, Sirens, ABC, 1987
- Mae, "Billy Galvin," American Playhouse Presents, PBS, 1987
- Iris Braiman, Grandpa's Funeral, Showtime, 1995
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Radio Appearances
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Series
- Debut, Let's Pretend, CBS, 1941
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Reg'lar Fellers, CBS, 1941
- Title role, Penny, 1946
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My True Story, ABC, 1957
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Episodic
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Theatre Guild of the Air, 1950-55
- Also appeared in Grand Central Station; Wendy Warren.
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