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Joyce Meadows

Joyce Meadows

Canadian-American film and television actress

Joyce Meadows (born Joyce Johanna Burger; born April 13, 1933[1] or 1935[3]) is a Canadian-American film and television actress.[4]

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Life and career

Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta, later moving with her family to Montana and then California.[1][5] She worked as a singer while in high school, and was a winner of the Miss Sacramento pageant, after which she moved to Hollywood, California. She studied acting there under Jeff Corey, earning her scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse. Meadows moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began her screen career in the 1956 film Flesh and the Spur.[1]

Meadows guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Bachelor Father, 77 Sunset Strip, Harbor Command, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Restless Gun, Highway Patrol, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Millionaire, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Man and the Challenge, and Maverick. She also starred in the short-lived television series Two Faces West.[1] Meadows also appeared in films such as The Brain from Planet Arous, Frontier Gun, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Walk Tall, and Zebra in the Kitchen.[1] She retired in 1995 but later appeared in two short films: A Golightly Gathering (2009)[6] and Not the Same Old Brain (2022).


Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 297–298. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books.
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    1935, radaris/com. Accessed December 20, 2023.
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    1935, radaris.com. Accessed December 20, 2023.
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    Ellingson, Steve (July 28, 1957). "Chaise Is Designed for Anyone's Curves". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 53. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
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    "Joyce Meadows is a Little Theatre Graduate". Lewiston Evening Journal. April 4, 1959. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Google Books. Open access icon
  6. [6]
    Clemens, Samuel (June 2023). "Joyce Meadows". Classic Images.
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