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Joan Tompkins (1915–2005)

Actress

Early in her career, in 1938, Joan Tompkins played opposite Henry Fonda in a run of plays in White Plains, New York. She later became well known on radio in the role of Nora Drake. During her long years in radio, she also acted on Broadway in "Pride and Prejudice", "My Sister Eileen" and many other plays... See full bio »

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in Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Died:

(age 89) in Orange County, California, USA
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1980 The Night the City Screamed (TV movie)
Woman Doctor
 
1977-1980 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
Gertie Wells / Mary
– Generations (1980) … Gertie Wells
– Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 1 (1979) … Mary
– Dark Horse (1977)
 
1976-1979 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Adele Larrabee / Mrs. Parsons
– Barn Burner (1979) … Adele Larrabee
– Fred (1976) … Mrs. Parsons
 
1978 The Critical List (TV movie)
Judge Morton
 
1978 Emergency! (TV series)
Maggie Trigg
– The Most Deadly Passage (1978) … Maggie Trigg
 
1978 The Awakening Land (TV mini-series)
Aunt Cornelia
– Part III: The Town (1978) … Aunt Cornelia
 
1977 General Hospital (TV series)
Elizabeth Maynard
 
1977 The Waltons (TV series)
Mrs. Herbert
– The Achievement (1977) … Mrs. Herbert
 
1973-1976 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Judge Edith Royce / Miss Wilson / Mrs. Porter
– Voice in the Night (1976) … Judge Edith Royce
– Death on Deposit (1974) … Mrs. Porter
– Fatal Flight (1973) … Miss Wilson
 
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV series)
Mrs. Rowe
– Chapter VII (1976) … Mrs. Rowe
 
1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Elaine Holtfield
– The Honorable Profession (1976) … Elaine Holtfield
 
1973-1974 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
Aunt May / Mrs. Cowens
– We Love You... Good-Bye (1974) … Mrs. Cowens
– The Man with the Golden Wrist (1973) … Aunt May
 
1974 Police Woman (TV series)
Mrs. Bailey
– Warning: All Wives (1974) … Mrs. Bailey
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Mrs. Beal
– The Baby-Faced Killers (1974) … Mrs. Beal
 
1972-1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Judge / Clare Tomkins
– I've Promised You a Father: Part 2 (1974) … Judge
– Child of Wednesday (1973) … Judge
– Victim in Shadow (1972) … Clare Tomkins
 
1972-1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Judge / Mrs. Hackett
– I've Promised You a Father: Part 2 (1974) … Judge
– A Fragile Possession (1972) … Mrs. Hackett
 
1973 Griff (TV series)
Ruth
– Elephant in a Cage (1973) … Ruth
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
Sarah Kaplan
– The Roller Coaster Stops Here (1973) … Sarah Kaplan
 
1973 Crime Club (TV movie)
Phone Supervisor
 
1973 Mod Squad (TV series)
– Don't Kill My Child (1973)
 
1973 Set This Town on Fire (TV movie)
Alice Whittier
 
1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Margaret Barnard
– End of a Nightmare (1972) … Margaret Barnard
 
1972 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
Mrs. Thorn
– Who's in Charge Here? (1972) … Mrs. Thorn
 
1972 Here Comes the Judge (TV movie)
Secretary
 
1972 Medical Center (TV series)
Mrs. Magruder
– Secret (1972) … Mrs. Magruder
 
1972 The Scarecrow (TV movie)
Mistress Cynthia Merton
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Mrs. DeWitt (segment "Pickman's Model")
– Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry (1971) … Mrs. DeWitt (segment "Pickman's Model")
 
1971 The Harness (TV movie)
Millie Chappel
 
1964-1971 Lassie (TV series)
Katherine / Mrs. Davis
– The Awakening (1971) … Katherine
– The Little Christmas Tree (1964) … Mrs. Davis
 
1970 I Love My Wife
Grandma Dennison
 
1967-1970 My Three Sons (TV series)
Lorraine Miller
– St. Louis Blues (1970) … Lorraine Miller
– Expendable Katie (1968) … Lorraine Miller
– Tea for Three (1968) … Lorraine Miller
– My Three Grandsons (1968) … Lorraine Miller
– Dr. Osborne, M.D. (1968) … Lorraine Miller
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1970 The Young Rebels (TV series)
Mrs. Meeley
– Dangerous Ally (1970) … Mrs. Meeley
 
1970 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Emily
– Millie, the Best-Dressed Woman (1970) … Emily
 
1970 Zig Zag
Judge Beth Weaver
 
1970 The Christine Jorgensen Story
Aunt Thora
 
1969-1970 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
Mrs. Endicott / Mrs. Winkler
– Jeannie, the Recording Secretary (1970) … Mrs. Endicott
– Invisible House for Sale (1969) … Mrs. Winkler
 
1969 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
Mrs. Tyler
– The Honeymoon (1969) … Mrs. Tyler
 
1969 Popi
Miss Musto
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Mrs. Murray
– Erin (1969) … Mrs. Murray
 
1968 Ironside (TV series)
Secretary
– An Obvious Case of Guilt (1968) … Secretary
 
1968 Bewitched (TV series)
Harriet Walters
– Once in a Vial (1968) … Harriet Walters
 
1967 Mannix (TV series)
Mrs. Dover
– Turn Every Stone (1967) … Mrs. Dover
 
1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Miss Putnam
– The Seal (1967) … Miss Putnam
 
1965-1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
Madge Glenn / Rose
– There Goes the Ball Game (1967) … Rose
– Fun and Games and Party Favors (1965) … Madge Glenn
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Mrs. Gropkin
– The Jingle Bells Affair (1966) … Mrs. Gropkin
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Meg
– Noon Wine (1966) … Meg
 
1966 Occasional Wife (TV series)
Mrs. Brahms
– No Cookie for Dessert (1966) … Mrs. Brahms
– The Promotion (1966) … Mrs. Brahms
– The Rivalry (1966) … Mrs. Brahms
– Pilot (1966) … Mrs. Brahms
 
1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Mrs. Engstrom
– Katy's Castle (1965) … Mrs. Engstrom
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Dorothy Ralston
– Question: What Time Is the Next Bandwagon? (1965) … Dorothy Ralston
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Eliza Johnson
– Andrew Johnson (1965) … Eliza Johnson
 
1962-1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Emma Miller / Mrs. Hutchinson / Mrs. Jason
– No Mother to Guide Them (1965) … Mrs. Jason
– To Walk in Grace (1964) … Mrs. Hutchinson
– Operation: Lazarus (1962) … Emma Miller
 
1964 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
Mrs. Harper
– A Date for the Colonel's Daughter (1964) … Mrs. Harper
 
1962-1964 Perry Mason (TV series)
Emily Green / Florence Holman / Sadie Norman
– The Case of the Sleepy Slayer (1964) … Sadie Norman
– The Case of the Deadly Verdict (1963) … Emily Green
– The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal (1962) … Florence Holman
 
1963-1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Aggie Britt / Gladys Dorner
– Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2 (1964) … Aggie Britt
– Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1 (1964) … Aggie Britt
– I Feel Like a Rutabaga (1963) … Gladys Dorner
 
1964 The Bill Dana Show (TV series)
Maggie the Hotel Maid
– Jose, the Matchmaker (1964) … Maggie the Hotel Maid
 
1964 Mr. Novak (TV series)
Mrs. Morgan
– The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr. (1964) … Mrs. Morgan
 
1963-1964 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Elsie Hammond / Mrs. Wade
– Gone the Sun (1964) … Elsie Hammond
– The Two Star Giant (1963) … Mrs. Wade
 
1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Martha Pollux
– The Day of the Wizard (1964) … Martha Pollux
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Betty Randolph
– A Flame in the Dark (1963) … Betty Randolph
 
1962-1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Trudy Wagner
– Season for Vengeance (1963) … Trudy Wagner
– Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows (1963) … Trudy Wagner
– Read No Evil (1963) … Trudy Wagner
– Accomplice (1963) … Trudy Wagner
– Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie (1963) … Trudy Wagner
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1958-1962 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Beverly King / Charlotte Foster / Miss Barclay / …
– Bunny, the Brownie Leader (1962) … Miss Barclay
– Baby (1962) … Nurse
– Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors (1959) … Charlotte Foster
– Too Good for Words (1958) … Beverly King
 
1962 Hazel (TV series)
Miss Adams / The Blonde
– Herbert for Hire (1962) … Miss Adams
– Hazel and the Gardener (1962) … The Blonde
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
Vivian Llewelyn
– Judgement in Jazz Alley (1962) … Vivian Llewelyn
 
1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Mrs. Thomas
– Between Hello and Goodbye (1962) … Mrs. Thomas
 
1961-1962 Bus Stop (TV series)
Sarah Jenkins
– I Kiss Your Shadow (1962)
– The Runaways (1961) … Sarah Jenkins
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Mrs. Marsh
– How Proud the Guilty (1962) … Mrs. Marsh
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Cora Summers
– The Assassins (1961) … Cora Summers
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Mrs. McAlister
– The Professor (1961) … Mrs. McAlister
 
1960-1961 Thriller (TV series)
Ellen Grimm / Laura Craig
– Mr. George (1961) … Laura Craig
– The Cheaters (1960) … Ellen Grimm
 
1961 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Tourist
– Man in a Rage (1961) … Tourist
 
1960 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Celia Morton
– Layoff Charley (1960) … Celia Morton
 
1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Jenny Call
– Where Are They? (1960) … Jenny Call
 
1960 Peter Loves Mary (TV series)
– The Best Women (1960)
– Wilma (1960)
 
1960 The Brothers Brannagan (TV series)
Martha
– The Twisted Root (1960) … Martha
 
1960 Maverick (TV series)
Mary Burch
– A Bullet for the Teacher (1960) … Mary Burch
 
1958-1960 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Fran Burton / Mrs. Adelaide Weston
– Bentley and the Majorette (1960) … Mrs. Adelaide Weston
– Bentley's Clubhouse (1958) … Fran Burton
 
1960 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Mildred
– Betty's Double (1960) … Mildred
 
1959 Lock Up (TV series)
– The Failure (1959)
 
1959 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Patty
– Tomorrow Comes Too Soon (1959) … Patty
 
1958 The Californians (TV series)
Patience
– Halfway House (1958) … Patience
 
1958 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Sarah Sheldon
– The Spy (1958) … Sarah Sheldon
 
1957 Valiant Lady (TV series)
Marion Walker
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Guest in the House (1954)
 

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Stage-actress on Broadway in "Pride and Prejudice", "My Sister Eileen" and many other plays. Early in her career, in 1938, she played opposite Henry Fonda in a run of plays in White Plains, New York. See more »

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