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Joanna Barnes

Joanna Barnes

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 15, 1934
Died Apr 29, 2022 (87)
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Barnes' initial appearance on television was in the episode "The Man Who Beat Lupo" on Ford Theatre. She made guest appearances on many television series, including the ABC/Warner Bros. programs 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick, CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel, What's My Line, and the crime drama Richard D ... iamond, Private Detective. In 1960-61, she guest-starred on The Untouchables episode "90 Proof Dame" as the wife of a French exporter of brandy. Barnes appeared as Kate Henniger, with Bing Russell and Arthur Space in the 1958 episode "Ghost Town" of the ABC/WB Western series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1959, she portrayed Lola in the NBC detective series 21 Beacon Street. In the 1960s, Barnes worked for producer Martin Ransohoff and appeared in episodes of his The Beverly Hillbillies ("Elly Goes to School" and "The Clampett Look") and was billed as special guest-star. Barnes played Peter Falk's former wife on the 1965–1966 CBS series The Trials of O'Brien and was host of the ABC daytime talk show Dateline: Hollywood in 1967. She was also a frequent panelist in the early years of the syndicated version of What's My Line?. On December 19, 1972, Barnes appeared on The Merv Griffin Show with Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Dan Martino (founder of the Dan Martino School for Men). Barnes moved to Los Angeles soon after finishing her education, and took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She went on to have roles in more than 20 films. Among her most remembered roles is the snooty Gloria Upson in the film Auntie Mame, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year. Barnes became the 13th actress to play Jane when she appeared in Tarzan, the Ape Man, with Denny Miller as Tarzan. In Disney's original 1961 version of The Parent Trap starring Hayley Mills, Barnes played gold-digger Vicki Robinson, who temporarily comes between Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. In the 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan, she played Vicki Blake, the mother of the child-hating gold-digger and fiancee Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix). As well, she appeared in The War Wagon, a western movie starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Barnes was also a writer and columnist. In 1973, she told newspaper columnist Dick Kleiner that she liked writing because "it is something you do yourself. With acting, if you win an Oscar or an Emmy, you have to thank everybody. If you write a book, it is completely your own." She wrote a book, titled Starting from Scratch, about home decorating and several novels, including The Deceivers, Who Is Carla Hart?, Pastora, and Silverwood. She wrote a weekly book review for the Los Angeles Times, and her column "Touching Home" was carried by The Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate.

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Filmography

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

1998

as Vicki Blake

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

1975

as Clarice Oliver

B.S. I Love You

B.S. I Love You

1971

as Jane Ink

Don't Make Waves

Don't Make Waves

1967

as Diane Prescott

The War Wagon

The War Wagon

1967

as Lola

Too Many Thieves

Too Many Thieves

1966

as Katie

Goodbye Charlie

Goodbye Charlie

1964

as Janie Highland

The Purple Hills

The Purple Hills

1961

as Amy Carter

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

1961

as Vicky Robinson

Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

as Claudia Marius

Tarzan, the Ape Man

Tarzan, the Ape Man

1959

as Jane

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

1958

as Cathy Bergner

Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958

as Gloria Upson

Violent Road

Violent Road

1958

as Lawrence's Wife

No Time to Be Young

No Time to Be Young

1957

as Jeannie

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle

1957

as Model (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress That Touch of Mink Nominated
Television Credits

The Trials of O'Brien

as Katie O'Brien

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

21 Beacon Street

as Joanna

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jul 02, 1959

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Cynthia Fenwick

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 26, 1962

Barney Miller

as Miss Caroline Fitzjames

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 23, 1975

Maverick

as Mary Shane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Remington Steele

as Claudette Crockett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

Cain's Hundred

as Carol Tredman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1961

Quincy, M.E.

as Margo Bentley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Charlie's Angels

as Julia Lathrop

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1976

Arrest and Trial

as Melinda Parsons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1963

General Electric Theater

as Princess Camilla

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Millionaire

as Karen Summers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Joyce Long

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 1957

M Squad

as Tammy Worth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

Adventures in Paradise

as Diane Winthrope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Suzanne Shary

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Matt Helm

as Hannah Bigelow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1975

Cheyenne

as Alice Claney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Penelope Lacey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

Maverick

as Mrs. Baxter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Maverick

as Abby Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

The Name of the Game

as Ardith Williams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Laura Daniels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

Maverick

as Daphne Tolliver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Maverick

as Felice de Lassignac #1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

77 Sunset Strip

as Lisa Cabot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Connie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Noreen Saunders

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

The Untouchables

as Marcie McKuen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1959

Murder, She Wrote

as Lydia Barnett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Cheers

as Valerie Crandell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1982

Cool Million

as Elizabeth Karinakis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 28, 1972

Fantasy Island

as Liz Perry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1978

Sam Benedict

as Cordelia Montagne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Planet of the Apes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Cheyenne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Trapper John, M.D.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1979

Mr. Lucky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1959

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Hart to Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1979

Hawaiian Eye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Philip Marlowe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1959

Target: The Corruptors!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1961

Nanny and the Professor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 1970

S.W.A.T.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 24, 1975

McCloud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1970

The Real McCoys

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1957

Laramie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1959

Ellery Queen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1975

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 21, 1956

Vacation Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 1963

When the Whistle Blows

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 14, 1980

The Tab Hunter Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1960

The Betty White Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1977

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

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