Person

Joan Evans

Acting · 1934–2023 · New York, New York, USA

Joan Evans (July 18, 1934 - October 21, 2023) was an American film actress. Her first film was Roseanna McCoy, based on the real-life romance between two members of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. She gained the role after producer Samuel Goldwyn conducted a national talent search. She was only fourteen years old when she started work on Roseanna McCoy and her parents added two years to her age so she could claim to be sixteen when the film was released.

• The Chevy Mystery Show

  Blanche

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  No Name on the Bullet

  Anne Benson

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  The Outcast

  Judy Polsen

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  Edge of Doom

  Rita Conroy

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  Our Very Own

  Joan Macaulay

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  Column South

  Marcy Whitlock

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  Skirts Ahoy!

  Mary Kate Yarbrough

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  Roseanna McCoy

  Roseanna McCoy

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  A Strange Adventure

  Terry Dolgin

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  It Grows on Trees

  Diane Baxter

• 1960The Walking TargetGail Russo
• 1960The Chevy Mystery ShowBlanche
• 1959The Flying FontainesJan Fontaine
• 1959No Name on the BulletAnne Benson
• 1958Le Secret de ZorroAnna Maria
• 1956A Strange AdventureTerry Dolgin
• 1954The OutcastJudy Polsen
• 1953Column SouthMarcy Whitlock
• 1952It Grows on TreesDiane Baxter
• 1952Skirts Ahoy!Mary Kate Yarbrough
• 1951On the LooseJill Bradley
• 1950Edge of DoomRita Conroy
• 1950Our Very OwnJoan Macaulay
• 1949Roseanna McCoyRoseanna McCoy