# Joyce Van Patten

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American actress (born 1934)

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Joyce Van Patten Van Patten in 1969 Born (1934-03-09) March 9, 1934 (age 92) New York, New York[1] Occupation Actress Spouse(s) Martin Balsam ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1962)​ Dennis Dugan ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1987)​ Children Talia Balsam Thomas Casey King Relatives Dick Van Patten (brother) Tim Van Patten (half-brother) Vincent Van Patten (nephew) Grace Van Patten (niece)

**Joyce Van Patten** (born March 9, 1934)[2] is an American film and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in films like *[The Bad News Bears](/source/The_Bad_News_Bears)* (1976), *[St. Elmo's Fire](/source/St._Elmo's_Fire_(film))* (1985) (as Mrs. Beamish), and as Gloria Noonan in *[Grown Ups](/source/Grown_Ups_(film))* (2010).

## Personal life

Van Patten is the sister of actor [Dick Van Patten](/source/Dick_Van_Patten).

Van Patten was married to actor [Martin Balsam](/source/Martin_Balsam) from 1959 to 1962 and they had a daughter, actress [Talia Balsam](/source/Talia_Balsam).[3]

Van Patten was married to Dennis Dugan from 1973 to 1987.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Career

The cast of *The Good Guys*, 1968: From left: [Bob Denver](/source/Bob_Denver), [Herb Edelman](/source/Herb_Edelman) and Van Patten

Van Patten has appeared in dozens of television series. She portrayed Janice Turner on *[As the World Turns](/source/As_the_World_Turns)*.[4] She made her television debut as a featured regular on *[The Danny Kaye Show](/source/The_Danny_Kaye_Show)*, after which she co-starred with [Bob Denver](/source/Bob_Denver) and [Herb Edelman](/source/Herb_Edelman) in the 1968–70 sitcom *[The Good Guys](/source/The_Good_Guys_(1968_TV_series))* as Claudia Gramus, the long-suffering wife of diner owner Bert Gramus (played by Edelman). She appeared in two episodes of *[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))* ("The Case of the Prankish Professor" and "The Case of the Thermal Thief"). She appeared in guest or recurring roles on *[Stoney Burke](/source/Stoney_Burke_(TV_series))*, *[Hawaii Five-O](/source/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series))*, *[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)* (as bar girl "Molly" in "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal" - S8E26), *[The Untouchables](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series))*, *[The Law and Mr. Jones](/source/The_Law_and_Mr._Jones)*, *[The Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))* ("[Passage on the Lady Anne](/source/Passage_on_the_Lady_Anne)"), *[The Jack Benny Program](/source/The_Jack_Benny_Program)*, *[Family Affair](/source/Family_Affair_(1966_TV_series))*, *[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis](/source/The_Many_Loves_of_Dobie_Gillis)*, *[The Andy Griffith Show](/source/The_Andy_Griffith_Show)*, *[Mr. Novak](/source/Mr._Novak)*, *[The Outer Limits](/source/The_Outer_Limits_(1963_TV_series))*, *[Mannix](/source/Mannix)*, *[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)*, *[The Bob Newhart Show](/source/The_Bob_Newhart_Show)*, *[The Odd Couple](/source/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series))*, *[The F.B.I.](/source/The_F.B.I._(TV_series))*, *[Lou Grant](/source/Lou_Grant_(TV_series))*, *[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)*, *[Oz](/source/Oz_(TV_series))*, and *[The Sopranos](/source/The_Sopranos)*. On a 1976 episode of *[Columbo](/source/Columbo_(TV_series))*, ["Old Fashioned Murder"](/source/List_of_Columbo_episodes#Season_6), Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator. In 1974, she had a minor role in the episode ["Negative Reaction"](/source/List_of_Columbo_episodes#Season_4) (with [Dick Van Dyke](/source/Dick_Van_Dyke)) of the same series. In 1979, she starred as Iris Chapman in *[The Mary Tyler Moore Hour](/source/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Hour)*, and appeared in *[The Martian Chronicles](/source/The_Martian_Chronicles_(miniseries))* the following year. In 1995, she played Maureen, Jennie's mother, for two seasons on the WB sitcom *[Unhappily Ever After](/source/Unhappily_Ever_After)*. In 2005, she played Carol Prudy, [Susan Mayer](/source/Susan_Mayer)'s stepmother, on two episodes of *[Desperate Housewives](/source/Desperate_Housewives)*.

Her film credits include *[I Love You, Alice B. Toklas](/source/I_Love_You%2C_Alice_B._Toklas)* (1968), *[The Trouble with Girls](/source/The_Trouble_with_Girls_(film))* (1969), *[Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You](/source/Pussycat%2C_Pussycat%2C_I_Love_You)* (1970), *[Making It](/source/Making_It_(film))* (1971), *[Something Big](/source/Something_Big_(film))* (1971), *[Bone](/source/Bone_(1972_film))* (1972), *[Thumb Tripping](/source/Thumb_Tripping)* (1972), *[Mame](/source/Mame_(film))* (1974), *[The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery](/source/The_Manchu_Eagle_Murder_Caper_Mystery)* (1975), *[The Bad News Bears](/source/The_Bad_News_Bears)* (1976), *[Mikey and Nicky](/source/Mikey_and_Nicky)* (1976), *[The Falcon and the Snowman](/source/The_Falcon_and_the_Snowman)* (1985), *[St. Elmo's Fire](/source/St._Elmo's_Fire_(film))* (1985), *[Billy Galvin](/source/Billy_Galvin)* (1986), *[Blind Date](/source/Blind_Date_(1987_film))* (1987), *[Monkey Shines](/source/Monkey_Shines_(film))* (1988), *[Grown Ups](/source/Grown_Ups_(film))* (2010), *[This Must Be the Place](/source/This_Must_Be_the_Place_(film))* (2011), and *[God's Pocket](/source/God's_Pocket)* (2014). In 2018 she appeared in the short film *The Rest*.[5]

### Theatre

At age 9, Van Patten made her stage debut in *[Tomorrow, the World!](/source/Tomorrow%2C_the_World!#Background)*.[6] She appeared on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) in, among other shows, *[A Hole in the Head](/source/A_Hole_in_the_Head)*, *[Brighton Beach Memoirs](/source/Brighton_Beach_Memoirs)*, *[Murder at the Howard Johnson's](/source/Murder_at_the_Howard_Johnson's)*, *[Rumours](/source/Rumours_(play))*, *[Jake's Women](/source/Jake's_Women)* and *[Rabbit Hole](/source/Rabbit_Hole_(play))*. She appeared off-Broadway in such dramas as *[Love, Loss, and What I Wore](/source/Love%2C_Loss%2C_and_What_I_Wore)*, *[The Vagina Monologues](/source/The_Vagina_Monologues)*, and Chekhov's *[The Seagull](/source/The_Seagull)*. She also appeared and recorded, with Charles Aidman and Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn, excerpts from *[Spoon River Anthology](/source/Spoon_River_Anthology)*.[7][8]

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes 1951 Fourteen Hours Barbara (uncredited) 1958 The Goddess Hillary 1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas Joyce 1969 The Trouble with Girls Maude 1970 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Anna 1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! Olga 1971 Making It Betty Fuller 1971 Something Big Polly Standall 1972 Bone Bernadette 1972 Thumb Tripping Mother 1974 Mame Sally Cato 1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Ida Mae 1976 The Bad News Bears Cleveland 1976 Mikey and Nicky Jan 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Mrs. Boyce 1985 St. Elmo's Fire Mrs. Beamish 1986 Billy Galvin Mae Galvin 1987 Blind Date Nadia's Mother 1988 Monkey Shines Dorothy Mann 1989 Trust Me Nettie Brown 1996 Infinity Aunt Ruth 1998 Show & Tell Mrs. Mahler 2006 My Mother's Hairdo Mary Short film 2008 Marley & Me Mrs. Butterfly 2010 Grown Ups Gloria Noonan 2011 This Must Be the Place Dorothy Shore 2011 Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Mariam 2011 The People in the Picture Video 2012 The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Mrs. McGowan 2013 Angel's Perch Polly 2014 God's Pocket Aunt Sophie 2018 The Rest Mary Short film 2018 Diane Madge 2019 Alzheimer's Nancy Short film

### Television

Year Title Role Notes 1946 NBC Television Theatre Season 1 Episode 4: ”The Flattering Word” 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse Season 1 Episode 1: ”Dinner at Eight” 1949–1951 Kraft Television Theatre Mary 3 episodes 1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre Season 1 Episode 21: ”Time of Their Lives” 1952 The Web Season 2 Episode 28: "The Terrible Truth" 1954 Mama 3 episodes 1954 The Big Story Valerie Foster Season 6 Episode 2: "Charles McKinney of the Tulsa World" 1956–1957 As the World Turns Janice Turner Hughes #1 1956 Robert Montgomery Presents Season 8 Episode 11: "The Misfortunes of Mr. Minihan" 1959–1960 Young Doctor Malone Clara Kershaw 1959 Deadline Waitress Season 1 Episode 9: "Charm Boy" 1961 The Law and Mr. Jones Ethel Season 1 Episode 20: "Cold Turkey" 1961 Ben Casey Stella Maxwell Season 1 Episode 10: "The Sweet Kiss of Madness" 1961–1963 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Ethel Bronkowski / Mrs. Maude Pomfritt / Speed Pulitzer 3 episodes 1962 Bus Stop Betty Season 1 Episode 18: "Turn Home Again" 1962 Target: The Corruptors! Madeleine Season 1 Episode 21: "Fortress of Despair" 1962 Checkmate Marcia James Season 2 Episode 20: "Remembrance of Crimes Past" 1962 The Detectives Phyllis Season 3 Episode 20: "Night Boat" 1962 Wide Country Nina Corbello Season 1 Episode 4: "Who Killed Edde Gannon?" 1962 The New Loretta Young Show Charlotte Ramey Season 1 Episode 6: "First Assignment" 1962–1963 Dr. Kildare Julie Belmanno / Ruth Scully 2 episodes 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Grace Thorpe Season 1 Episode 23: "The Lonely Hours" 1963 Gunsmoke Molly Season 8 Episode 26: "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal" 1963 Stoney Burke Laura Fredericks Season 1 Episode 23: "Joby" 1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show Doris Baxter Season 1 Episode 26: "The Sheridan Square" 1963 The Untouchables Claire Vale Season 4 Episode 23: "The Spoiler" 1963 The Twilight Zone Eileen Ransome Episode 4 Episode 17: "Passage on the Lady Anne" 1963 The Defenders Nora Slater Season 3 Episode 13: "Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy" 1963–1965 Perry Mason Sally Sheldon / Fay Gilmer 2 episodes 1964 The Outer Limits Rhea Cashman Season 1 Episode 29: "A Feasibility Study" 1965 Mr. Novak Avis Brown Season 2 Episode 14: "From the Brow of Zeus" 1965 Karen Nora Season 1 Episode 13: "Good Neighbor Policy" 1965 The Jack Benny Program The Wife, Mrs. Goodheart Season 15 Episode 16: "Jack Adopts a Son" 1965 Slattery's People Barbara Harrison Season 2 Episode 4: "The Unborn" 1965 The Virginian Mary Stewart Season 4 Episode 6: "Ring of Silence" 1965 A Man Called Shenandoah Lily Season 1 Episode 13: "The Siege" 1966 The Loner Peggy Woodward Season 1 Episode 22: "The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2" 1966 The Danny Kaye Show Giovanni's Daughter-in-Law Season 4 Episode 14: "Episode #4.14" 1966–1972 Insight Mrs. Foley / Marie Slovak / Thelma Montanus 3 episodes 1967 Mr. Terrific Margo Season 1 Episode 8: "Stanley the Jailbreaker" 1967 Accidental Family Martha Season 1 Episode 3: "If You Knew Martha" 1967 The Andy Griffith Show Laura Hollander Season 8 Episode 5: "Opie Steps Up in Class" 1967 Iron Horse Alice Fuller Season 2 Episode 15: "Death Has Two Faces" 1967–1973 Mannix Lola Collins / Dodie Green 2 episodes 1968–1970 The Good Guys Claudia Gramus Series regular 1969 Spoon River Reader TV Movie 1970 Storefront Lawyers Ella Season 1 Episode 4: "The Electric Kid" 1970 The Odd Couple Phyllis Parker Season 1 Episode 7: "I Do, I Don't" 1970 Family Affair Gail Spencer Season 5 Episode 11: "Class Clown" 1970–1972 Hawaii Five-O Lila Daniels / Rhoda Lovejoy 2 episodes 1970–1974 Love, American Style Rona / Wanda Glass / Nikki / Marge / Janet 6 episodes 1971 The F.B.I. Alice Kranz Season 6 Episode 24: "Turnabout" 1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Millicent Wilson Season 3 Episode 1: "Broken Melody" 1971 Nichols Arletta McGreevy Season 1 Episode 4: "Paper Badge" 1972 The Bravos (uncredited) TV Movie 1972 McCloud Lucy Sloan Season 2 Episode 5: "A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley" 1972 The Don Rickles Show Jean Benedict 2 episodes 1972 Cannon Kate Werner Macklin Season 1 Episode 21: "A Flight of Hawks" 1972 Medical Center Paula Eckhart Season 4 Episode 6: "Betrayed" 1973 The Bob Newhart Show Connie Miller Season 1 Episode 15: "Let's Get Away from It Almost" 1973 The Streets of San Francisco Mrs. Rudolph Season 1 Episode 21: "The House on Hyde Street" 1973 Young Dr. Kildare Nurse Marvin Episode: ”Mercy Killing” 1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show Henrietta Season 3 Episode 5: "Mrs. Ferguson" 1973 Burt and the Girls TV Movie 1974 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Ruth Tannen Season 3 Episode 14: "House of Friends" 1974 The Wide World of Mystery Jane Season 2 Episode 14: "The Book of Murder" 1974 Winter Kill Grace Lockhard TV Movie 1974 The Stranger Within Phyllis ABC Movie of the Week 1974 Amy Prentiss Mrs. Hyser Season 1 Episode 2: "The Desperate World of Jane Doe" 1974–1976 Columbo Sister of Mercy / Ruth Lytton 2 episodes 1975 For the Use of the Hall Alice TV Movie 1975 Let's Switch! Linette Robin ABC Movie of the Week 1975 Winner Take All Edie Gould TV Movie 1977 The Rockford Files Lianne Sweeny 2 episodes 1977 Lou Grant Gloria Aldrige Season 1 Episode 6: "Aftershock" 1977 Family Mrs. Palmer Season 3 Episode 6: "We Love You, Miss Jessup" 1978 To Kill a Cop Betty Eischied TV Movie 1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras Janet Murphy TV Movie 1978 The Comedy Company Ellen Dietz TV Movie 1978 The Plant Family Lyla Plant – the mother TV Movie 1979 Visions Kit Season 3 Episode 6: "Ladies in Waiting" 1979 The Mary Tyler Moore Hour Iris Chapman Series regular 1979 You Can't Take It with You Miss Wellington TV Movie 1979 A Christmas for Boomer Lila Manchester TV Movie 1980 The Martian Chronicles Elma Parkhill Miniseries 1981 Bulba Barbara Thatcher TV Movie 1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World 'Tommy' Thompson TV Movie 1982 Bus Stop Grace TV Movie 1983 Another Woman's Child Janet Stein TV Movie 1983 The Demon Murder Case Connie Frazier TV Movie 1983 In Defense of Kids Caroline Ruben TV Movie 1984 Crazy Like a Fox Sally Season 1 Episode 1: "Pilot" 1985 Malice in Wonderland Dema Harshbarger TV Movie 1985 Picking Up the Pieces Harriet Goodman TV Movie 1985 Tall Tales & Legends Ma Season 1 Episode 2: "Annie Oakley" 1986 Amazing Stories Eva Season 1 Episode 23: "One for the Books" 1986 Under the Influence Helen Talbot TV Movie 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Ilene Season 1 Episode 15: "Sirens" 1991 The Haunted Cora Miller TV Movie 1991 Sisters Belle Adderly Season 1 Episode 4: "Devoted Husband, Loving Father" 1992 Maid for Each Other Leila TV Movie 1992 Brooklyn Bridge Harriet Mueller 3 episodes 1993 Law & Order Ramona Stark, Ph. D. Season 3 Episode 11: "Extended Family" 1993 All My Children Helen Marsh 14 episodes 1993 Diagnosis: Murder Sarah Emerson Season 1 Episode 3: "Murder at the Telethon" 1993 Bob Joyce Leona-Curtis Season 2 Episode 5: "Kiss and Sell" 1994 Breathing Lessons Serena TV Movie 1994 Northern Exposure Pat Hillman Season 5 Episode 21: "I Feel the Earth Move" 1994 The Gift of Love Erika Magnussen TV Movie 1994 All-American Girl Emma Season 1 Episode 12: "Loveless in San Francisco" 1995 Grandpa's Funeral Iris Braimen TV Movie 1995–1996 Unhappily Ever After Maureen Slattery Recurring role 1996 Jake's Women Edith TV Movie 1999 Touched by an Angel Sylvia Mangione Season 5 Episode 17: "Family Business" 1999 Now and Again Psychiatrist Season 1 Episode 6: "Nothing to Fear, but Nothing to Fear" 2002 Oz Sarah Rebadow Season 5 Episode 7: "Good Intentions" 2002 The Sopranos Dr. Sandy Shaw Episode: "Christopher" 2002 NYPD Blue Ruth Dwyer Season 10 Episode 9: "Half-Ashed" 2002–2003 Judging Amy Jane, Eric's Lawyer 2 episodes 2005 Without a Trace Paula Season 4 Episode 6: "Viuda Negra" 2005 Desperate Housewives Carol Prudy 2 episodes 2011 The Good Wife Agnes Silvestre Season 3 Episode 4: "Feeding the Rat" 2012 Made in Jersey Lilla Season 1 Episode 3: "Camelot" 2014 Boardwalk Empire Mrs. Zeller – Crab Woman Episode: "King of Norway" 2018 Cady Did Marion Huffman 2021 If I'm Alive Next Week... Marjorie Series regular

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joyce-van-patten-68950](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joyce-van-patten-68950)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lukanic, Steven A (1993). [*Film Actors Guide*](https://books.google.com/books?id=C4ZdIXclpsoC). p. 403.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Monush, Barry (2003). [*Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965*](https://books.google.com/books?id=toTIb1Ek2WwC&q=%22Joyce+Van+Patten%22+actor&pg=PA39). Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 39. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781557835512](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781557835512). Retrieved July 16, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kcs_4-0)** ["TV Mail Bag"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star/168504602/). *The Kansas City Star*. April 14, 1957. p. 8 G. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["watch"](http://precariatproductions.com/watch). *PRECARIAT*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hpe_6-0)** Morehouse, Rebecca (November 16, 1975). ["Joyce Van Patten Is Back On Broadway"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2921496/the_high_point_enterprise/). The High Point Enterprise. p. 27. Retrieved July 31, 2015 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Spoon River Anthology > Original Broadway Cast"](http://castalbums.org/recordings/Spoon-River-Anthology-1963-Original-Broadway-Cast/2491). *CastAlbums.org*. November 11, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Spoon River Anthology Broadway @ Booth Theatre - Tickets and Discounts | Playbill"](http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/1722/Spoon-River-Anthology). *Playbillvault.com*. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

## External links

- [Joyce Van Patten](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887696/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Joyce Van Patten](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/68950) at the [Internet Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Broadway_Database)

- [Joyce Van Patten](https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/635) at the [Internet Off-Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Off-Broadway_Database) (archived)

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