Joanne Linville
| Joanne Linville | |
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 In The Twilight Zone episode "The Passersby" |
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| Born | Beverly Joanne Linville January 15, 1928 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950 - 2005 |
| Spouse | Mark Rydell (1962-1973, divorced; two children) |
Joanne Linville (born Beverly Joanne Linville, January 15, 1928, Bakersfield, California) is an American film and television actress.
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[edit] Biography
Ms. Linville's credits include films like The Goddess, Gable and Lombard, Scorpio, A Star Is Born, and The Seduction.
[edit] Early life
Beverly Joanne Linville was born in Bakersfield, California on January 15, 1928.
[edit] Acting career
Linville played the Romulan Commander in the Star Trek episode, "The Enterprise Incident". Other television appearances include One Step Beyond, Decoy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun Will Travel, COronado 9, Checkmate, Adventures in Paradise, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke (three episodes), Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Route 66, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Bonanza, The Fugitive, The F.B.I. (two episodes), The Invaders (two episodes), Felony Squad, Hawaii Five-O (two episodes), Kojak, Columbo, The Streets of San Francisco, Nakia, Switch, Charlie's Angels, Mrs. Columbo, Dynasty, and L.A. Law.
Linville also appeared in the made-for-TV movies House on Greenapple Road (1970), Secrets (1977), The Critical List (1978), The Users (1978), and The Right of the People (1986).[1]
Linville played Janine Turner's character's mother in the television series Behind the Screen.[2]
Linville and George Grizzard starred in "I Kiss Your Shadow", the final episode of the television series Bus Stop. In his book Danse Macabre, Stephen King nominated this episode as "...the single most frightening story ever done on TV." King wrote that Bus Stop was "...a straight drama show,... [T]he final episode, however, deviated wildly into the supernatural, and for me, Robert Bloch's adaptation of his own short story I Kiss Your Shadow has never been beaten on TV - and rarely any where else - for eerie, mounting horror."[3]
Linville starred in two 1959 television presentations of One Step Beyond - as "Karen Wadsworth" in the episode, "A Moment of Hate" and as "Aunt Mina" in the episode, "The Dead Part of the House".
She portrayed gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in the television movie James Dean. Mark Rydell directed the film and also played Jack Warner. Their daughter, Amy Rydell, played Christine White, Dean's girlfriend.
[edit] Personal life
Linville was married to actor/director Mark Rydell from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. They have two children, actor Christopher Rydell (born November 16, 1963) and actress Amy Rydell.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made for Television: The Telefeature and the Mini-Series 1964-1986, pp. 88, 190, 351, 367, 434
- ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946-Present (4th edition). New York, Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 70
- ^ King, Stephen. Danse Macabre. New York, Berkley Books, 1981, p. 219, footnote
- ^ "Chris Rydell - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki". Wikia Entertainment. 2008-05-28. http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Chris_Rydell. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
