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Joyce Jameson is a Actor American born on 26 september 1932 at Chicago (USA)

Joyce Jameson

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Birth name Joyce Beverly Kingsley
Nationality USA
Birth 26 september 1932 at Chicago (USA)
Death 16 june 1987 (at 54 years) at Burbank (USA)

Joyce Jameson (September 26, 1932 – January 16, 1987) was an American actress, educated and well-read, who was typecast in sexualized roles during the period when Marilyn Monroe was famous. Jameson was known for many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as “Skippy”, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show, as well as for film portrayals such as the woman taken advantage of by philandering businessmen, and credited only as "The Blonde" in the 1960 Academy Award winner The Apartment.

Biography

Au cinéma, Joyce Jameson débute comme showgirl dans le film musical Show Boat de George Sidney (1951, avec Kathryn Grayson et Ava Gardner).

Suivent vingt-trois autres films américains jusqu'en 1984, dont Contrebande au Caire de Richard Thorpe (1957, avec Robert Taylor et Dorothy Malone), La Garçonnière de Billy Wilder (1960, avec Jack Lemmon et Shirley MacLaine), Le croque-mort s'en mêle de Jacques Tourneur (1963, avec Vincent Price et Peter Lorre), Une rousse qui porte bonheur de Frederick de Cordova (1966, avec Elvis Presley et Donna Douglas), ou encore le western Josey Wales hors-la-loi de Clint Eastwood (1976, avec le réalisateur et Sondra Locke).

À la télévision américaine, elle apparaît dans quatre-vingt-deux séries entre 1953 et 1983, dont Cisco Kid (deux épisodes, 1956), Les Monstres (deux épisodes, 1965-1966), Sergent Anderson (deux épisodes, 1975) et L'Homme qui tombe à pic (un épisode, 1982).

S'ajoutent douze téléfilms, le premier diffusé en 1966 ; le dernier est Pray de Rick Friedberg (1980, avec Dabney Coleman).

En 1955, elle épouse en secondes noces le compositeur Billy Barnes (1927-2012), dont elle divorce ultérieurement, auteur de deux revues produites à Broadway (New York) respectivement en 1959 et 1961, auxquelles l'actrice participe. Puis, pour sa troisième et dernière prestation au théâtre à Broadway en 1962, elle joue dans la pièce Venus at Large d'Henry Denker (avec Ernest Truex et David Wayne).

Joyce Jameson meurt prématurément en 1987, à 54 ans, par suicide (overdose de médicaments).

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David Swift
David Swift
(1 films)
Chuck Hicks
Chuck Hicks
(2 films)
Lewis Teague
Lewis Teague
(1 films)
James Fargo
James Fargo
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joyce Jameson (24 films)

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Actress

Hardbodies
Hardbodies (1984)
, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Grant Cramer, Courtney Gains, Darcy DeMoss, Roberta Collins, Antony Ponzini, Kane Hodder
Roles Rounder's Mom
Rating49% 2.453192.453192.453192.453192.45319
The movie opens with some rhythmic singing to a black screen showing credits, then showing why the singing is present as it fades in: the rhythmic singing matches the pace of the back of a man under a blanket moving up and down as he is having sex in the missionary position with an attractive young woman. Sated, he stops, and rolls over, quite satisfied with his performance, and the woman (whose name we discover later is Kristi), also apparently quite pleased with it as well, snuggles up next to him, when their post-coital reverie is interrupted by banging on the door. We discover the man, whose name is Scotty Palmer, has been interrupted by his landlord to inform him he has to get out because he's been evicted for non-payment of rent.
Lovelines
Lovelines (1984)
, 1h33
Directed by Rodney Amateau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Beth Evans, Michael Winslow, Don Michael Paul, Todd Bryant, Frank Zagarino, Jonna Lee
Roles Mary Assquith
Rating51% 2.5694552.5694552.5694552.5694552.569455
The annual battle of the bands is raging. Two rival high schools, Malibu High School and Coldwater Canyon High, have two hot bands; The Firecats and Racer. When the lead singers of both bands, Piper (Evans) and Rick (Bradford), meet, they fall in love with each other and have to fight realities such as peer pressure, the fact they attend rival high schools and even Piper's older brother, Godzilla (Zagarino), try to stop their love from getting stronger. The telephone service called Lovelines, run by J.D. Prescott (Winslow), is right in the middle to help the two stay in love with each other and is also sponsoring the annual battle of the bands where their bands are competing with each other. It all comes down to a masquerade party where everyone from both schools learn that true love does indeed conquer all.
The Man Who Loved Women, 1h46
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Basinger, Marilu Henner, Cynthia Sikes, Sela Ward
Roles une femme
Rating52% 2.600582.600582.600582.600582.60058
Les hauts et les bas d'un homme amoureux des femmes et de sa recherche perpétuelle à combler les manquements de sa vie affective.
Pray TV
Pray TV (1980)

Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Dabney Coleman, Joyce Jameson, Paul Reubens, Lewis Arquette, Charles Haid, Archie Hahn
Roles Millie Peebles
Rating51% 2.5755252.5755252.5755252.5755252.575525
Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station. A series of humorous vignettes show the different religious shows the station broadcasts: a faith healer, a radical black nationalist preacher, a preacher with a drive-in church, a Christian game show, etc.
Pray TV
Pray TV (1980)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dabney Coleman, Joyce Jameson, Paul Reubens, Marcia Wallace, Charles Haid, Lewis Arquette
Roles Millie Peebles
Rating51% 2.5755252.5755252.5755252.5755252.575525
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Genres Western
Actors Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Paul Williams, Harry Morgan, René Auberjonois, Jo Ann Harris
Roles Lola
Rating64% 3.236553.236553.236553.236553.23655
Alors qu'ils étaient à la retraite, le gouvernement demande à ses deux anciens meilleurs agents, James T. West et Artemus Gordon de reprendre du service. Ils doivent arrêter le fils du Dr. Loveless.
Every Which Way but Loose, 1h54
Directed by James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Motocyclette, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about apes, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, John Quade
Roles Sybil
Rating62% 3.148543.148543.148543.148543.14854
Philo Beddoe is a truck driver living in the San Fernando Valley. He lives in a small house, with an orangutan named Clyde, behind that of his friend, Orville Boggs, and his mother. Philo makes money on the side as a bare-knuckle fighter; he is often compared to a legendary fighter named Tank Murdock.
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 2h15
Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, John Russell
Roles Rose
Rating77% 3.8974153.8974153.8974153.8974153.897415
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood), a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The Union murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, which included Captain Terrill.
Death Race 2000, 1h24
Directed by Charles B. Griffith, Paul Bartel, Lewis Teague
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Films about television, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, La téléréalité, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films
Actors David Carradine, Simone Griffeth McDonald, Sylvester Stallone, Louisa Moritz, Martin Kove, John Landis
Roles Grace Pander
Rating61% 3.099313.099313.099313.099313.09931
In 2000, during the 20th annual race, a resistance group led by Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin), a descendant of 1770s American Revolutionary Thomas Paine, plans to rebel against Mr. President's regime by sabotaging the race, killing most of the drivers, and taking Frankenstein hostage as leverage against the President. The group is assisted by Paine's great granddaughter Annie (Simone Griffeth), Frankenstein's latest navigator. She plans to lure him into an ambush to be replaced by a double. Despite a pirated national broadcast made by Ms. Paine herself, the resistance's disruption of the race is covered up by the government and instead blamed on the French, who are also blamed for ruining the country's economy and telephone system. The game has sadistic rules, where killing a baby and physically challenged people will give the player extra points. Machine Gun Joe (Sylvester Stallone) is the main opposition to Frankenstein.
Women in Chains
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Ida Lupino, Lucille Benson, Belinda Montgomery, Lois Nettleton, Jessica Walter, William Bryant
Roles Simpson
Rating61% 3.051763.051763.051763.051763.05176
Parole officer Sandra Parker (Lois Nettleton) becomes aware of the death of one of her cases, Ginger Stratton, at the hands of brutal prison guard Claire Tyson (Ida Lupino). All too aware of Tyson's impeccable record, Parker and her friend, Assistant District Attorney Helen Anderson (Penny Fuller), come to the conclusion that Tyson is basically untouchable.
The Split
The Split (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine, Julie Harris, Gene Hackman, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates
Roles Jenifer
Rating60% 3.005123.005123.005123.005123.00512
McClain, un gangster afro-américain, revient à Los Angeles après deux ans d'absence. Il retourne habiter chez Elly, son ex-femme et prend contact avec Gladys, une ancienne complice qui lui propose d'organiser un hold-up. Il s'agit de voler la recette d'un grand stade de Los Angeles pendant un match de football. Il ne reste plus qu'à recruter des complices, de préférence des professionnels du crime. Un quatuor, trié sur le volet, est donc engagé. Le jour dit, l'opération se déroule sans anicroche et McClain dépose le butin dans l'appartement de son ex-femme. Peu de temps après, leur voisin, un certain Herb Sutro, fait irruption chez eux en l'absence de McClain et tente de violer Ellie avant de l'abattre.
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, 1h39
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller, Marjorie Lord, Cesare Danova, Barry Kelley
Roles Switchboard Operator
Rating54% 2.702542.702542.702542.702542.70254
A gorgeous French actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where she encounters a middle-aged married realtor (Bob Hope) who quickly becomes extremely anxious to explore their acquaintance further.
Frankie and Johnny, 1h27
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Robert Strauss, Nancy Kovack, Jerome Cowan
Roles Abigail
Rating56% 2.8024952.8024952.8024952.8024952.802495
Johnny and girlfriend Frankie are performers on a Mississippi River riverboat, which also has a casino. Johnny is a compulsive gambler who is down on his luck and in debt.
The Comedy of Terrors, 1h20
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joe E. Brown, Joyce Jameson
Roles Amaryllis Trumbull
Rating65% 3.2983353.2983353.2983353.2983353.298335
Set in a late 19th century in a New England town, the film tells of unscrupulous undertaker Waldo Trumbull (Price) and his assistant, Felix Gillie (Lorre), who make a habit of re-using the coffins of the people they are supposed to bury. Also a part of the household are Trumball's old (and senile) business partner Mr. Hinchley (Karloff), who originally started the business, and the beautiful Amaryllis (Joyce Jameson), Trumbull's neglected wife and Hinchley's daughter, who has dreams (or rather delusions) of becoming an great opera singer and with whom Gillie is passionately in love.
Good Neighbor Sam, 2h10
Directed by David Swift
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Mike Connors, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Andrews
Roles Hotel Prostitute
Rating67% 3.3951453.3951453.3951453.3951453.395145
Lemmon plays Sam Bissel, a hard-working advertising executive, with two young daughters and a loving wife, Min (Dorothy Provine).