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Date of Birth

1 June 1922, West Orange, New Jersey, USA

Date of Death

18 June 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer)

Birth Name

Beatrice Joan Caulfield

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Movie and Broadway actress and former fashion model, Joan Caulfield was discovered by Broadway producers, which helped her successful career on stage. This then led to movies at Paramont Pictures.

One of her most memorable roles was in The Unsuspected (1947), opposite Claude Rains and Audrey Totter during her time at the Warner Brothers Studio.

Caulfield died at the age 69 from lung cancer.

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Spouse

Dr. Robert Peterson	(24 November 1960 - 9 June 1966) son: John, 3/22/62
Frank Ross	(29 April 1950 - 1 April 1960) (divorced) child: November 7, 1959

Trivia

Died two weeks after cancer surgery in Los Angeles.

Department of Strange Coincidences: Caulfield's former spouse, Frank Ross, had earlier been married to Jean Arthur. On the very day after Caulfield's death, Arthur herself died.

Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Measurements: 35 1/2-25-35 1/2 (in 1950), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Hailed in her time as one of the screen's great beauties, many of her cameramen said she was one of the few women in Hollywood whom it was virtually impossible to photograph badly.

Caulfield was represented by the John Robert Powers agency as a fashion model in the early 1940s.

Is the favorite actress of writer/director Joss Whedon. Joss frequently wears a t-shirt with her picture on it and tests people by asking them if they can correctly identify her.

She is featured as a character in the mystery novel, Dead in Their Sights by John Dandola, which explores her West Orange, New Jersey, roots.

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