Joanna Cameron

Joanna Cameron
Joanna Cameron, circa 1972
Born	Joanna Kara Cameron (1951-09-20) September 20, 1951 (age 65) Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress Model
Years active	1969–1980

Joanna Kara Cameron (born September 20, 1951), sometimes credited as JoAnna Cameron, is an American former actress and model, perhaps best known for her portrayal of the title role on The Secrets of Isis, a children's television series.

Joanna Cameron was born in Vail, Colorado, and was raised in rural northern Colorado. She attended the University of California, Riverside, where she earned a degree in marketing.

While at college, Cameron became friends with Linda Hope, the daughter of Bob Hope. When she was introduced to the famous comedian, he cast her in the film How to Commit Marriage in 1969. This led to a series of film and television roles throughout the 1970s. Cameron was reportedly considered for the Love Story role that went to Ali MacGraw. She acted play in the 1970s films B.S. I Love You and the black comedy Pretty Maids All in a Row.

Her television performances also included roles in The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, Columbo, and several episodes of Marcus Welby, MD. She also had a prolific career in commercials and claims at one time to have held the record for having done the most commercials in the Guinness Book of World Records.

In 1975, Cameron was cast as the Egyptian-themed super-hero Isis] on the Saturday morning children's series The Secrets of Isis. On the series, Cameron portrayed a young high-school science teacher, named Andrea Thomas, who discovers an enchanted amulet while in Egypt. The amulet, which originally belonged to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut and also intended for Hatshepsut's (female) descendants (including Thomas herself), bestows the supposed powers of the goddess Isis on her when she invokes them by uttering the phrase, "Oh, mighty Isis..." These powers include super-human strength and speed ("the speed of gazelles"), the ability to fly (or to "soar as the falcon soars"), and telekinesis ("command [of] the elements of sky and Earth"), all of which she uses to fight crime.