Joan Blackman

{{short description|American actress (born 1938)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Joan Blackman | image = Joan Blackman Richard Crenna Slatterys People 1965.JPG | caption = Blackman and [[Richard Crenna]] in ''[[Slattery's People]]'', 1965 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|05|17}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1957–1975 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Joby Baker]]|1959|1961|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Rockne Tarkington]]|1968|1970|end=divorced}} }} | children = 2 }}

'''Joan Blackman''' (born May 17, 1938, [[San Francisco, California]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Blackman |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fbb7e5e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008132712/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fbb7e5e |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=2023-03-29 |publisher=BFI}}</ref> is an American former actress.

==Early years== She attended [[Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco)|Abraham Lincoln High School]] in San Francisco, California, and upon graduating sang at nightclubs throughout California. She lived at the [[Hollywood Studio Club]] where her roommates included [[Barbara Eden]] and Wendy Wilde.

==Film== Blackman appeared in her first [[motion picture]], ''[[Good Day for a Hanging]]'', in 1959. She had significant roles in two [[Elvis Presley]] films: she played Maile Duval in the 1961 film ''[[Blue Hawaii]]'', and the following year played Rose Grogan in ''[[Kid Galahad]]''. She also appeared with [[Dean Martin]] in ''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]'' (1959), and played Ellen Spelding, the love interest of Kreton, the character of [[Jerry Lewis]] in ''[[Visit to a Small Planet]]'' (1960). Her other film appearances included roles in ''[[The Great Impostor]]'' (1961), ''[[Twilight of Honor]]'' (1963), ''[[Daring Game]]'' (1968), ''[[Pets (film)|Pets]]'', ''[[Macon County Line]]'' (both 1974), and ''[[Moonrunners]]'' (1975).

According to the book ''Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969'', in 1985 Blackman played the mother in the [[Ray Davies]] film ''[[Return to Waterloo (film)|Return to Waterloo]]'';<ref>{{cite book |last=Lisanti |first=T. |title=Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBvMFuHle2kC&pg=PA56 |publisher=McFarland |year=2015 |page=57 |access-date=August 11, 2021 |isbn=978-1-4766-0142-7}}</ref> but going by the end credits of the film, this is a confusion with British actress [[Joan Blackham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Return to Waterloo (1984) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7620f486 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013101135/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7620f486 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=2023-03-29 |publisher=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Screen: 'Return to Waterloo' |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=1985-05-17 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/17/movies/screen-return-to-waterloo.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524170818/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/17/movies/screen-return-to-waterloo.html |archive-date=2015-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Television== Blackman made her television-acting debut as a guest performer in a 1957 series, ''[[Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans]]''. Among her television appearances was her role as Hilary Gray in the 1964 ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' episode "The Case of the Ruinous Road". She played opposite [[Jack Lemmon]] in the episode "Disappearance" of ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]'' in 1958 and also made single appearances in ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'', and ''[[Gunsmoke]]''.

Blackman was part of the regular cast of the [[primetime]] television serial ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' during its 1965–1966 season. In that show she played Marion Fowler, the wife of the district attorney.

==Personal life== In May 1959, Blackman married [[Joby Baker]], a fellow actor she met in drama school. The couple divorced two years later, in November 1961. She then married actor [[Rockne Tarkington]] in July 1968. They had two children before divorcing in October 1970.<ref name="film fan">{{cite magazine |last=Claesson |first=Samuel |date=December 2025 |title=Joan Blackman |magazine=FilmFan |pages=14–16}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *[http://elviswomen.greggers.net/blackmanjoan.htm Joan Blackman, Elvis Women]

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