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Born: May 18th 1938
Joan Blackman's first appearance was in Good Day For a Hanging (1958), a western with Fred MacMurray. In 1959, she appeared in the Dean Martin film, Career, which also boasts appearances by other Elvis costars, Carolyn Jones and Donna Douglas. Next came The Great Impostor, a Tony Curtis comedy. Visit to a Small Planet gave her a chance to get goofy with Jerry Lewis! And then, of course, she was ready to go Hawaiian with Elvis!

Joan Blackman & Blue Hawaii

Joan played opposite Elvis in one of his most successful films, Blue Hawaii. Not only did the film set the formula for Elvis' films, but it's probably what got the whole "beach movie" thing started. (Frankie and Annette are eternally in debt!) Joan played Maile Duvall, whose dark good looks (half-Hawaiian & half-French according to the script) provide some competition for the Hawaiian scenery.

Joan joined forces with Elvis again a year later in Kid Galahad. Although a remake of a Humphrey Bogart classic, this one is strictly an Elvis showcase film. Joan turns up as the sister of Elvis' boss (played by Gig Young), who disapproves of Elvis dating his sister. Along for the ride is a young Charles Bronson, playing Elvis' boxing coach. In the original, the character played by Lola Albright was also romantically interested in the Kid.

• Return to Waterloo (1985) .... Mother
• One Man (1977) ... aka Un homme (1977) (Canada: French title)
• Shivers (1975) .... Elevator mother ... aka Frissons (1975) (Canada: French title) ... aka Parasite Murders, The (1975) ... aka They Came from Within (1975) (USA)
• Moonrunners (1975) .... Reba Rainey
• Heatwave Lasted Four Days, The (1974) .... Mrs. Reynolds
• Macon County Line (1974) .... Carol Morgan
• Pets (1974) .... Geraldine Mills ... aka Submission (1974) (UK)
• Daring Game (1968) .... Kathryn Carlyle
• Destructors, The (1968) .... Stassa Gertmann
• Intimacy (1966) .... Barbara Nicholson ... aka Deceivers, The (1966)
• "Peyton Place" (1964) TV Series .... Marian Fowler (1965-1966)
• Twilight of Honor (1963) .... Susan Harper ... aka Charge Is Murder, The (1963) (UK)
• Kid Galahad (1962) .... Rose Grogan
• Blue Hawaii (1961) .... Maile Duval
• Great Impostor, The (1961) .... Canadian Lt. Catherine Lacey
• Visit to a Small Planet (1960) .... Ellen Spelding
• Career (1959) .... Barbara
• Good Day for a Hanging (1958) .... Laurie Cutler

Notable TV Guest Appearances

• "Doc Elliot" (1973) in episode: "Things That Might Have Been" (episode # 1.12) 3 April 1974
• "Ghost Story" (1972) playing "Ellen Parrish" in episode: "Earth, Air, Fire and Water" (episode # 1.16) 19 January 1973
• "Gunsmoke" (1955) playing "Phyllis Bowmen" in episode: "Sanctuary" (episode # 11.23) 26 February 1966
• "Bonanza" (1959) playing "Clara Dorn" in episode: "The Return" (episode # 6.31) 2 May 1965
• "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Hilary Gray" in episode: "The Case of the Ruinous Road" (episode # 8.14) 31 December 1964
• "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" (1957) playing "Willow Whist" in episode: "Way Station" (episode # 1.16) 17 July 1957

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