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Joan Freeman

Joan Freeman

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 08, 1942 (83)
Birthplace Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Popularity 1.0 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joan Freeman (born January 8, 1942) is an American actress. Freeman was a child actor, having appeared in her first film in 1949 at the age of seven. In 1961-1962, she was a regular cast member, the young waitress Elma Gahrigner, in the ABC TV series Bus Stop ... with co-stars Marilyn Maxwell and Buddy Ebsen. In this early segment of her career Miss Freeman played the part of Marilyn Hayes in the doom and gloom classic film of 1962 called Panic in Year Zero! alongside veteran film stars Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, and singer teenage heart-throb Frankie Avalon. Avalon and she were rumored to have been an item during filming but that was never confirmed or denied. Freeman appeared as tourist guide Amelia Carter in The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze. However, she is best known for her roles in two musical films. In 1964 she was the love interest of Elvis Presley in Roustabout and in 1967 with Roy Orbison in The Fastest Guitar Alive. Also in 1967, she appeared as the love interest opposite Don Knotts in the Cold War space-race comedy The Reluctant Astronaut. In 1977, she costarred as Barbara Robinson in the 13-episode CBS series Code R about the emergency services, fire, police, and ocean rescue, in the California Channel Islands. Tom Simcox played her husband, police chief Walt Robinson. Other co-stars were James Houghton and Martin Kove. The program was seen as an imitation of NBC's long-running Emergency!. Freeman also made a number of guest appearances on different television shows from the 1950s through the 1980s. She appeared on the popular series The Virginian four times. Her last motion picture performance came as "Mrs. Jarvis" in the 1984 horror film, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Jinxed!

Jinxed!

1982

as Woman Agent

Deathmoon

Deathmoon

1978

as Mrs. Jennings

Warhead

Warhead

1977

as Namoi

The Reluctant Astronaut

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967

as Ellie Jackson

The Fastest Guitar Alive

The Fastest Guitar Alive

1967

as Sue Chesnut

The Rounders

The Rounders

1965

as Meg Moore

Roustabout

Roustabout

1964

as Cathy Lean

Tower of London

Tower of London

1962

as Lady Margaret

Mooncussers

Mooncussers

1962

as Betsy Feather

Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962

as Marilyn Hayes

Come September

Come September

1961

as Linda

Pistol Harvest

Pistol Harvest

1951

as Felice as a Child

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Television Credits

Code R

as Barbara Robinson

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 21, 1977

CHiPs

as Mrs. Marshall

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Clemency McGill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1964

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as Sarah Oliver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1963

Land of the Giants

as Mara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1968

Perry Mason

as Jennifer Wakely

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Gunsmoke

as Annie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Adam-12

as Mrs. Suntor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1968

Switch

as Norma Harmon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1975

The Virginian

as Tabby McCallum

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Lux Video Theatre

as Judy Archer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

National Velvet

as Beth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1960

Dr. Kildare

as Ellen Hall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The Virginian

as Caroline Witman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

The Virginian

as Katherine Daniels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

The Virginian

as Judy King

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

The Outer Limits

as Elizabeth Dunn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1963

Bonanza

as Hallie Shannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza

as Kelly Lincrom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Hawaiian Eye

as Elena Vito

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Bus Stop

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Oct 01, 1961

Lassie

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 12, 1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 24, 1961

Family Affair

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Hardcastle and McCormick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1983

The Facts of Life

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 24, 1979

Quincy, M.E.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

The Commish

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1991

Arrest and Trial

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1963

Mister Roberts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

The Greatest Show on Earth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

To Rome with Love

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1969

Father Knows Best

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1954

Project U.F.O.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1978

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1955

The Loner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Sierra

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1974

The Dakotas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

Laramie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1959

Insight

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Renegade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1992

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