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Joan Marshall

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Joan Marshall
As Lt. Areel Shaw in Star Trek episode "Court Martial" (1967)
Born
Joan Schrepferman

(1931-06-06)June 6, 1931
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 1992(1992-06-28) (aged 61)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Other namesJean Arless
Joan Marshall Ashby
Joan Ashby
Joan Marshall Bartfield
Joan Bartfield
OccupationActress
Years active1945–1975
Spouses
Leslie Sanders
(m. 1948; div. 1951)
Charles Murano
(m. 1952, divorced)
(m. 1969; div. 1970)
Jeffrey A. Stein
(m. 1978, divorced)
Melvin Lawrence Bartfield
(m. 1990)
Children2 [citation needed]

Joan Marshall (born Joan Schrepferman; June 6, 1931 – June 28, 1992)[1] was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her appearances in The Twilight Zone's "Dead Man's Shoes", and Star Trek's "Court Martial" along with Homicidal (1961)

Early life

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She was born Joan Schrepferman[2] on June 6, 1931[1] in Chicago, where she was raised. When she was 17, she had polio that paralyzed her face, neck, spine, and vocal cords, leaving her temporarily unable to speak.[1] She began her career performing as a showgirl in Chicago clubs.

Career

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After appearing as a dancer in The Chicago Kid (1945) and in a part in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel playing Sheriff Quinn's daughter Molly in S1 E26 "Birds of a Feather" (1958), she moved to California around 1959.[3] In 1959, she reprised the Lauren Bacall role of Sailor Duval in the short-lived television series version of the syndicated radio series Bold Venture. During the 1960s, Marshall frequently guest-starred on various television series, including Tales of Wells Fargo, Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Gunsmoke, and The Jack Benny Program.

She appeared in the films Homicidal (using the stage name Jean Arless) 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 (who strongly resembled Morticia Addams).[4] Before the series was picked up, The Munsters was retooled and Marshall was replaced by actress Yvonne De Carlo.[5] 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

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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;[6] 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.[7] She bought property in Jamaica. She died there of lung cancer at age 61 on June 28, 1992.[1]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1945 The Chicago Kid Dancer uncredited
1958 Live Fast, Die Young Judy Tobin
1961 Homicidal Emily/Warren credited as Jean Arless
1963 Tammy and the Doctor Vera Parker, Nurse
1964 Looking for Love Miss Devine
1967 The Happiest Millionaire Maid uncredited
1968 The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit Mimsey
1969 The Great Sex War a.k.a. Make Love Not War
1975 Shampoo Mrs. Schumann
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1957 Alcoa Theatre Rita Benson Episode: "Souvenir"
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel Molly Episode: "Birds of a Feather"
1958 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Lisa Greer Episode: "Play Belles' Toll"
1958 The Millionaire Helen Rawlings Episode: "The Jack Garrison Story"
1958 Tombstone Territory Laura Coleman Episode: "Fight for a Fugitive"
1958 Highway Patrol Alice Carter Episode: "Hostage"
1958 Bat Masterson Laura Hopkins Episode: "Stampede at Tent City"
1958 The Rough Riders Lydia Kimbrough Episode: "The Governor"
1958, 1961 Maverick Various roles 2 episodes
1959 Bold Venture Sailor Duval Main cast
1960 M Squad Karen Tinsley Episode: "Needle in a Haystack"
1960 Men into Space Lorrie Sigmund Episode: "Flash in the Sky"
1960 Lawman Lady Belle Smythe Episode: "The Lady Belle"
1960 Bourbon Street Beat Amanda Hale Episode: "Last Exit"
1960 Hennesey Consuelo Maddox Episode: "The Marriage of Dr. Blair"
1960–1961 Dante Various roles 2 episodes
1960–1961 Bronco Various roles 3 episodes
1960–1962 Surfside 6 Various roles 3 episodes
1960, 1962 77 Sunset Strip Various roles 2 episodes
1960–1963 Hawaiian Eye Various roles 3 episodes
1961 Michael Shayne Randy Hobbes Episode: "Murder 'Round My Wrist"
1961 Tales of Wells Fargo Lisa Lindsay Episode: "The Barefoot Bandit"
1961 The Detectives Various roles 2 episodes
1961 The Roaring 20's Carla 2 episodes
1962 The Twilight Zone Wilma Episode: "Dead Man's Shoes"
1962 Follow the Sun Winifred Episode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo"
1962 Gunsmoke Emma Episode: "Wagon Girls"
1962 Alcoa Premiere Rhoda Traynor Episode: "Guest In the House"
1963–1964 The Jack Benny Program Various roles 2 episodes
1964 Petticoat Junction Lucy Wayne Episode: "Visit from a Big Star"
1964 The Munsters Phoebe Munster Unaired pilot
1965 The F.B.I. Elizabeth Gowan Episode: "The Insolents"
1966 Laredo Miss Ivy Vine Episode: "Limit of the Law Larkin"
1966 Dr. Kildare Charlene Ross 2 episodes
1967 The Road West Judith Devery Episode: "The Predators"
1967 Star Trek Lt. Areel Shaw Episode: "Court Martial"
1967 I Spy Ellie Episode: "Casanova from Canarsie"
1967 Bonanza Millie Perkins Episode: "A Man Without Land"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Aker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. McFarland. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-786-42476-4.
  2. ^ Joan Schrepferman according to Entry Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine on Bfi.org.uk, retrieved 2012-12-01, and Douglas Brode: Once Was Enough: Celebrities (And Others) Who Appeared a Single Time on the Screen. Citadel Press, 1996, p. 154. Jean Schrepferman according to Everett Aaker: Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. McFarland, 2006, p. 354.
  3. ^ "The Life and Times of Joan Marshall". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
  4. ^ morlockjeff (2007-09-22). "Will the Real Jean Arless Please Step Forward?". moviemorlocks.com. Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  5. ^ Cox, Stephen; De Carlo, Yvonne; Patrick, Butch (2006). The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane. Back Stage Books. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-8230-7894-9.
  6. ^ Dawson, Nick (2009). Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-8131-2538-1.
  7. ^ Dixon, Wheeler W. (2003). Straight: Constructions of Heterosexuality In the Cinema. Albany: SUNY Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-7914-5624-2.
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