This beautiful, stylish, London-born blonde started out quite promisingly on the stage and in late '60s films before phasing out her career out in the '90s. Joanna Pettet was born Joanna Jane Salmon and raised in Canada. Her father, a British Royal Air Force pilot, was killed in WWII. Her trek to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse ...
Worked frequently with David Janssen between 1966 and 1975.
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Tujunga, California [January 2001]
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Her only child, son Damien Zachary Cord from ex-husband Alex Cord, was born on October 3, 1968, and died at age 26 on July 7, 1995 from a heroin overdose.
She was the companion and caregiver for Sir Alan Bates towards the end of his life. The two actors were long-time friends since they co-starred on Broadway in 1964's "Poor Richard".
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She was one of the the last people to see actress Sharon Tate alive. She visited Tate at her Benedict Canyon home for lunch on the afternoon of August 8, 1969. Later on that night, the pregnant Tate and four others were brutally murdered by the Manson gang.
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Was raised in Canada.
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Studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner.
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Born in 1942 (she shaved 2 years off early on), she gave up acting in 1990.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Terror in Paradise
1995
Dr. Fletcher
ABC Afterschool Specials
1989
TV Series
Carolyn Adams
Murder, She Wrote
1987
TV Series
Virginia McCormack
Sweet Country
1987
Monica
Hotel
1984-1985
TV Series
Sally Banks / Lauren Chapman
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
TV Series
Claire Hardy
Knight Rider
1984
TV Series
Joanna St. John
The Yellow Rose
1984
TV Series
Lane Roberts
Knots Landing
1983
TV Series
Janet Baines / Detective LT Janet Baines
Fantasy Island
1980-1983
TV Series
Vanessa Walgren / Celeste Vallon / Nona Lauren
Double Exposure
1983
Mindy Jordache
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1982
TV Series
Meg Palmer
Black Commando
1982
Desdemona
The Love Boat
1979-1982
TV Series
Lenore Pitchford / Angelina Blenderman / Carol Hanson
The Littlest Hobo
1982
TV Series
Cynthia Masters
Aloha Paradise
1981
TV Series
Fiona
Tales of the Unexpected
1981
TV Series
Betsy
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
TV Movie
Alana Richardson
Cry of the Innocent
1980
TV Movie
Cynthia Donegin / Candia Leighton
Charlie's Angels
1980
TV Series
Barbara Brown
Heaven Only Knows
1979
TV Movie
Lynn Harpster
The Evil
1978
Dr. Caroline Arnold
Winner Take All
1977
TV Movie
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
TV Movie
Leslie Fitch
Tales of the Unexpected
1977
TV Mini-Series
Julie Thomas
Two-Minute Warning
1976
TV version only uncredited
Captains and the Kings
1976
TV Mini-Series
Katherine Hennessey
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
TV Movie
Jesse Breton
Police Woman
1975
TV Series
Glenna Burns / Beth Lord
Harry O
1974-1975
TV Series
Glenna Nielson / Breda Beach
Thriller
1974-1975
TV Series
Jody Baxter / Sylvia Dee
The Desperate Miles
1975
TV Movie
Ruth Merrick
Caribe
1975
TV Series
Andrea
Police Story
1974
TV Series
Adria
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
Grace Henry
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
TV Movie
Delda Hadley
Medical Center
1974
TV Series
Molly
Little Boy Lost
1974
Short
Jenny Loman
Pioneer Woman
1973
TV Movie
Maggie Sergeant
McCloud
1973
TV Series
Melissa Thompson
The Weekend Nun
1972
TV Movie
Sister Mary Damian / Marjorie Walker
Footsteps
1972
TV Movie
Sarah Allison
Night Gallery
1970-1972
TV Series
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes / Rhona Warwick (segment "The Caterpillar") / Claire Foster (segment: Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something) / ...