Joan Staley
| Joan Staley | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| November 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Mara Corday, Pat Sheehan |
| Succeeded by | Joyce Nizzari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Lynette McConchie May 20, 1940 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 34" Waist: 23" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg; 8.4 st) |
Joan Staley (born on May 20, 1940) is an American actress.
Staley was born Joan Lynette McConchie in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Jean McConchie. Her father was a minister, and her mother was a musician who played violin piano, organ, and viola. She grew up in Los Angeles, California.
At age three, her mother took her to a concert, after which Joan requested a violin. When her mother realized she was serious, she obliged. Her first instructor was Karl Moldrem, the founder of The Baby Symphony in Los Angeles. By age six, Staley had won by audition first chair/second violin in Peter Meremblum's Junior Symphony (André Previn was an alumnus). This led to her first film appearance, as a child violinist, in The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.
Her mother and father were missionaries in Africa, after which her father joined the Army as a chaplain. His career facilitated her high school experiences in Chicago, Washington, DC, Munich, and Paris. She briefly attended Chapman College, after which she moved to where her father was stationed in San Francisco to find work, as the only teletype operator at the William R. Stats brokerage firm.
She joined The Little Theater in Hollywood with roles in The Robe, Fiona in Brigadoon, and My Sister Eileen with actress Joanne Worley. This led to small roles in live television, such as Playhouse 90, Climax!, and Westinghouse Studio One. These appearances opened the door for her in film and television. Staley's first role in film was a 1958 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse". In early 1958, Lawrence Schiller, a Life photographer, approached Staley and asked her to pose for Playboy. They did a photo shoot together, which resulted in the actual spread used by the magazine. Publisher Hugh Hefner selected her to be Playboy's "Miss November" 1958.
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