Joanna Barnes
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Barnes in 1959
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Joanna Barnes November 15, 1934 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, writer |
| Years active | 1956–2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Edward Herndon (m. 1955–?; divorced) Lawrence Dobkin (m. 1961–1967; divorced) Jack Lionel Warner (married 1980–2012, his death) |
Joanna Barnes (born November 15, 1934) is an American actress and writer.
Barnes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Pindar Barnes and Alice Weston Munch, with sisters Alice and Judith.
She attended Milton Academy and then Smith College, from which she graduated in 1956 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She majored in English. Barnes received the college's award for poetry, the immediate successor to Sylvia Plath for that recognition. Her research for a magazine article about making movies led to a career change to acting.
Barnes' initial appearance on television was in the episode The Man Who Beat Lupo on Ford Theatre. She made guest appearances on many television shows, including the ABC/Warner Brothers programs, 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick, CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel, "What's My Line" (11/28/1965), and the David Janssen crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Barnes appeared as Kate Henniger, with Bing Russell and Arthur Space in the 1958 episode "Ghost Town" of the ABC/WB western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1959, she portrayed Lola in the NBC detective series, 21 Beacon Street.
In the 1960s, Barnes worked for producer Martin Ransohoff and appeared in episodes of his The Beverly Hillbillies (Elly Goes to School and The Clampett Look) and was billed as special guest-star. Barnes played Peter Falk's former wife on the 1965–1966 CBS series The Trials of O'Brien and was host of the ABC daytime talk show Dateline: Hollywood in 1967.
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