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Filmography
1986
Hotel
(TV Series)
Ruth Easton
1986
Crossings
(TV Mini-Series)
Alexandra Markham
1975
Cannon
(TV Series)
Thelma Cain
1940
Rebecca
("Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)" (1884), uncredited)
1937
Music for Madame
(performer: "King of the Road" (1937), "I Want the World to Know" (1937))
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Self (44 credits)
1985
The Nutcracker
(TV Movie)
Herself (host of television broadcast only)
1967
Cinema
(TV Series documentary)
Herself
1958-1966
To Tell the Truth
(TV Series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
/ Herself - Panelist
/ Herself
1954-1966
What's My Line?
(TV Series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
/ Herself - Mystery Guest
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Personal Details
Other Works:
She acted in Noel Coward's play, "Private Lives," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Michael Allinson in the cast.
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Publicity Listings:
4 Print Biographies
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1 Interview
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9 Articles
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2 Pictorials
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5 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
Joan Burfield
Height:
5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Did You Know?
Personal Quote:
[on working with director
George Cukor on
The Women (1939)] I learned about acting from George than anyone else and through just one sentence. He said, "Think and feel and the rest will take care of itself."
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Trivia:
Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982
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Trademark:
Often played delicate women put through emotional turmoil
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