Joan Marshall


Joan Marshall was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her appearances in The Twilight Zone's "Dead Man's Shoes", and 's "Court Martial".

Early life

She was born Joan Schrepfermann on June 6, 1931 in Chicago, where she was also raised. At age 17, she suffered a bout of polio which temporarily paralyzed her vocal cords, leaving her unable to speak. She began her career performing as a showgirl in Chicago clubs.

Career

After appearing as a dancer in the film The Chicago Kid and in a part in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel, she moved to California around 1959. In 1959 she reprised the Lauren Bacall role of Sailor Duval in the short-lived television series Bold Venture. During the 1960s, Marshall frequently guest-starred on various television series, including Tales of Wells Fargo, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, and The Jack Benny Program. She also appeared in the films Homicidal and Tammy and the Doctor opposite Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda.
Marshall also appeared in the 15-minute unaired pilot of The Munsters as Phoebe Munster. Before the series was picked up, The Munsters was retooled and Marshall was replaced by actress Yvonne De Carlo. Marshall continued guest-starring in episodic television throughout the 1960s before her last role in the 1975 film Shampoo with Warren Beatty. She also worked as Barbra Streisand's personal assistant on her self-produced 1976 film A Star Is Born.

Personal life and death

Marshall was married five times. She had three children with her first two husbands. Marshall's third marriage was to director Hal Ashby in August 1969; she divorced him a year later in 1970, and married for a fourth time to Jeffrey A. Stein in 1978, whom she also divorced. In 1990 she married for a fifth time, this time to executive Mel Bartfield. The couple relocated to Montego Bay, Jamaica, where they remained until her death, at age 61, on June 28, 1992.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957Alcoa TheatreRita BensonEpisode: "Souvenir"
1958Have Gun - Will TravelMollyEpisode: "Birds of a Feather"
1958Mickey Spillane's Mike HammerLisa GreerEpisode: "Play Belles' Toll"
1958The MillionaireHelen RawlingsEpisode: "The Jack Garrison Story"
1958Tombstone TerritoryLaura ColemanEpisode: "Fight for a Fugitive"
1958Highway PatrolAlice CarterEpisode: "Hostage"
1958Bat MastersonLaura HopkinsEpisode: "Stampede at Tent City"
1958The Rough RidersLydia KimbroughEpisode: "The Governor"
1958, 1961MaverickVarious roles2 episodes
1959Bold VentureSailor Duval43 episodes
1960M SquadKaren TinsleyEpisode: "Needle in a Haystack"
1960Men into SpaceLorrie SigmundEpisode: "Flash in the Sky"
1960LawmanLady Belle SmytheEpisode: "The Lady Belle"
1960Bourbon Street BeatAmanda HaleEpisode: "Last Exit"
1960HenneseyConsuelo MaddoxEpisode: "The Marriage of Dr. Blair"
1960–1961DanteVarious roles2 episodes
1960–1961BroncoVarious roles3 episodes
1960–1962Surfside 6Various roles3 episodes
1960, 196277 Sunset StripVarious roles2 episodes
1960–1963Hawaiian EyeVarious roles3 episodes
1961Michael ShayneRandy HobbesEpisode: "Murder 'Round My Wrist"
1961Tales of Wells FargoLisa LindsayEpisode: "The Barefoot Bandit"
1961The DetectivesVarious roles2 episodes
1961The Roaring 20'sCarla2 episodes
1962The Twilight ZoneWilmaEpisode: "Dead Man's Shoes"
1962Follow the SunWinifredEpisode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo"
1962GunsmokeEmmaEpisode: "Wagon Girls"
1962Alcoa PremiereRhoda TraynorEpisode: "Guest In the House"
1963–1964The Jack Benny ProgramVarious roles2 episodes
1963The Outer LimitsMiss O'HaraEpisode: "Counterweight"
1964Petticoat JunctionLucy WayneEpisode: "Visit from a Big Star"
1964The MunstersPhoebe MunsterUnaired pilot
1965The F.B.I.Elizabeth GowanEpisode: "The Insolents"
1966LaredoMiss Ivy VineEpisode: "Limit of the Law Larkin"
1966Dr. KildareCharlene Ross2 episodes
1967The Road WestJudith DeveryEpisode: "The Predators"
1967Lt. Areel ShawEpisode: "Court Martial"
1967I SpyEllieEpisode: "Casanova from Canarsie"
1967BonanzaMillie PerkinsEpisode: "A Man Without Land"