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Joan Crosby Biography (1934-)

Full name, Joan Carew Crosby; born February 14, 1934, in Baltimore, MD; daughter of Thomas Gresham and Mary Margaret (O'Rourke) Crosby. Politics: Republican. Religion: Roman Catholic. Career: Actress and writer. WWRL, Woodside, NY, sports commentator, 1951-52; WPIX, New York City, sports commentator, 1953-54; Newspaper Enterprise Association, writer, 1960-88; TV Scout, television editor, 1970-88. Member: Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Hollywood Women's Press Club (president), Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters.Addresses: Agent: Mary Murphy Agency, 6014 Greenbush, Van Nuys, CA 91401.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Birth Details

February 14, 1934

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• The Day of the Locust, Paramount, 1975
• Daisyette, The Shaggy D.A., Buena Vista, 1976
• Maggie Oberon, Summerspell, Lina Shanklin, 1983
• Voice, White Palace, Universal, 1990
• Woman at fire, Life Stinks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
• Born Yesterday, Buena Vista, 1993
• Voice, Eyes of an Angel (also known as The Tender), LIVE Home Video, 1994
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Second actress, Evita Peron, NBC, 1981
• Movies
• First female judge, The Great American Beauty Contest, ABC, 1973
• Waitress, Unwed Father, ABC, 1974
• Kyla, Planet Earth, ABC, 1974
• Companion, "The Legend of Lizzie Borden," ABC Monday Night Movie,ABC, 1975
• Sophie, Wild and Wooly, ABC, 1978
• George's mother, Cotton Candy (also known as Ron Howard's Cotton Candy), NBC, 1978
• Voice, Flying Blind, NBC, 1990
• Also appeared in Movieola, NBC.
• Specials
• Appeared in eight Bob Hope specials, NBC.
• Episodic
• Manager, "Family Crisis," CHiPs, NBC, 1978
• Irene, "Thieves' Highway," T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1982
• Maid, "The Taxman Cometh," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
• Also appeared in Days of Our Lives, NBC; Fame, NBC and syndicated; Fantasy Island, ABC; and Police Story, NBC and ABC.
• Pilots
• Mrs. Redack, First Time, Second Time, CBS, 1980
• Other Television Appearances
• Appeared in Blind Ambition.
• Stage Appearances
• Butley, 1975
• A Taste of Honey, 1977
• Joan, Apewatch, Laboratory Productions, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1979
• Coriolanus, Globe Playhouse, 1979-80
• The Transgressor, 1980
• The Comedy of Errors, Globe Playhouse, 1980-81
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1983
• Final Touches, 1984
• Richard II, Globe Playhouse, 1984-85
• Caesar and Cleopatra, 1985
• The Greeks, 1986
• 'Rangements, 1987
• A Lie of the Mind, 1988
• Four Women, 1989
• Everything Dies in Winter, 1991
• Ellen Terry, The Paper Courtship, St. Genesius Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1992-93
• Grandmother, Surprise, Surprise, Victory Theatre, Burbank, CA, 1994