Joyce Van Patten
| Joyce Van Patten | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Joyce Van Patten in 1969 | |
| Born |
Joyce Benignia Van Patten March 9, 1934 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage, film, and television actress |
| Years active | 1948-present |
| Spouse(s) |
Thomas King (1950-1953; divorced); 1 child Martin Balsam (1957-1962; divorced); 1 child Hal Lynch (1968-1970; divorced) Dennis Dugan (1973-1987; divorced) |
| Children |
Thomas Casey King (b. 1951) Talia Balsam (b. 1959) |
Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for the wry, astringent and neurotic characters she portrays.
Personal life
Van Patten was born in New York City to Josephine Rose (née Acerno), a magazine advertising executive, and Richard Byron Van Patten, an interior decorator.[1] Her mother was of Italian descent, while her father was of Dutch and English ancestry.
She is the younger sister of actor Dick Van Patten, half-sister of actor/director Tim Van Patten and aunt to actor Vincent Van Patten. Following a relatively brief marriage to Thomas King at the age of 16 (she gave birth to a son, Thomas, Jr., a year later), she would marry and divorce three more times, including to actor Martin Balsam, by which marriage she had her daughter, actress Talia Balsam.
Career
Van Patten has appeared in dozens of television series. She was a member of the original cast of As the World Turns. She made her television debut as a featured regular on The Danny Kaye Show, after which she co-starred with Bob Denver and Herb Edelman in the 1968-70 sitcom The Good Guys as Claudia Gramus, the long-suffering wife of diner owner Bert Gramus (played by Edelman). She appeared to two episodes of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Prankish Professor" and "The Case of the Thermal Thief"). She appeared in guest or recurring roles on Stoney Burke, Hawaii Five-0, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, The Law and Mr. Jones, The Twilight Zone, The Jack Benny Program, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. Novak, The Outer Limits, Mannix, The Rockford Files, The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, Lou Grant, Law & Order, and Oz. On a 1976 episode of Columbo, "Old Fashioned Murder", Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator who commits murder. In 1974 she had a minor role in the episode "Negative Reaction" (with Dick Van Dyke) of the same series. In 1979, she appeared in The Mary Tyler Moore Hour as Iris Chapman. In 1995, she played Maureen, Jennie's mother for two seasons on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After. In 2005, she played Carol Prudy, Susan Mayer's stepmother, on two episodes of Desperate Housewives.
She had supporting roles in such films as I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Mame, Grown Ups (2010) and This Must Be the Place. She appeared on Broadway in, among other shows, A Hole in the Head, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Murder at the Howard Johnson's, Rumors, and Rabbit Hole. She appeared off-Broadway in such dramas as Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Vagina Monologues, and Chekhov's The Seagull. She also appeared and recorded, with Charles Aidman and Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn, excerpts from Spoon River Anthology.[2][3]
References
External links
- Joyce Van Patten at the Internet Movie Database
- Joyce Van Patten at the Internet Broadway Database
- Joyce Van Patten at Internet off-Broadway Database
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