Joyce Meadows
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Joyce Meadows is a Canadian
-American
actress. From 1960-1961, she co-starred as Stacy in the syndicated
western
series Two Faces West
with Charles Bateman and Francis De Sales
. The previous season, 1959–1960, she appeared as Lynn Allen on three episodes entitled "Sphere of No Return", "The Breaking Point", and "Buried Alive", of NBC
's adventure
/drama
series The Man and the Challenge
, with George Nader
. She also appeared in film
s, including the 1957 science fiction
thriller about a bizarre nuclear scientist, The Brain from Planet Arous
, with John Agar
and Robert Fuller
.
Meadows was raised in early childhood on a farm
near her birthplace, the village
of Arrowood in Alberta province. According to her website, as a child she acted on the "stage" of her family's back porch. Her family moved to Montana
, where she attended her first motion picture at the age of eight. She was active in theatre arts in high school
and performed the part of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
at the Little Eaglet Theatre in Sacramento
, California
. She moved to Los Angeles
, while she was still a teenager. Meadows was a student of Jeff Corey
, procured a scholarship
to the Pasadena Playhouse
, and thereafter studied with Mira Rostova
and Stella Adler
in New York City
.
Her early television roles were in the middle 1950s
in such series as Kenneth Tobey
's Whirlybirds
and Broderick Crawford
's Highway Patrol
, both in syndication, and on CBS's General Electric Theater
anthology series, hosted by Ronald W. Reagan. In 1958, she appeared as Ann in "The Neal Bowers Story" of CBS's The Millionaire, with Martin Milner
in the starring role. She also guest starred in Harbor Command
, Wendell Corey
's syndicated drama about the United States Coast Guard
.
In addition to her The Man and the Challenge episodes, Meadows appeared in these dramatic series in 1959:
, starring John Payne
.
Her subsequent westerns include the following:
Meadows highlights with photographs these latter two western episodes on her website.
While busy with many of these guest-starring roles, Meadows appeared in twenty-five episodes of Two Faces West:
's NBC sitcom Bachelor Father. In 1960, she appeared as Blaise Newsome in the episode "Six Superior Skirts" and as Jessica King in the segment "Perfect Setup" of the ABC and Warner Brothers detective
series 77 Sunset Strip
.
Between 1959-1961, she appeared three times on CBS's Alfred Hitchcock Presents
: (1) as Janice Wright in "The Last Dark Step", (2) as Frances Randall in "A Night with the Boys", and (3) as Enid Patterson in "The Throwback". In the latter episode, young Elliot Gray (played by Scott Marlowe
) and the older Cyril Hardeen (Murray Matheson) both vie for the affections of Enid. After Enid chooses Elliot, Cyril challenges him to a fistfight without knowing that Cyril has hired a younger and stronger proxy.
Meadows also appeared twice as the character Adrian on CBS's The Aquanauts adventure series, with Keith Larsen
, Jeremy Slate
, and Ron Ely, in episodes entitled "Deep Escape" and "The Jeremiah Adventure", the latter with Peter Falk
. She appeared on the CBS sitcom Bringing Up Buddy
that same year as Wilella Grant in the episode "Auntie's Cake". In 1961, she appeared as Anne Wills in "The Boat Caper" of the NBC crime drama Michael Shayne
, starring Richard Denning
, Gary Clarke
, Herbert Rudley
, and Jerry Paris
.
In 1964, Meadows appeared on Richard Crenna
's CBS political drama Slattery's People
in the role of Gert in the episode "Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?" She appeared three times on CBS's Perry Mason
legal drama
in the episodes "The Cause of the Golden Fraud" as Sylvia Welles, "The Case of the Woeful Widower" as Carole Moray (1964), and as Audrey Stemple in "The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger" (1965). Meadows appeared as the character Anna on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in the 1965 episode "Completely Foolproof".
In 1965, she portrayed Isobel Moon in the film Zebra in the Kitchen
, with child actor
Jay North
, formerly of CBS's Dennis the Menace, Andy Devine
, and Martin Milner
, her co-star from the previous The Millionaire episode.
sitcom. During the first half of the 1990s, she was again quite active, having been cast in such roles as that of a judge
in the 1995 episode "Whine, Whine, Whine" of ABC's Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
In 2009, Meadows appeared in the film short A Golightly Gathering, a reference to the 1961 picture Breakfast at Tiffany's, with Audrey Hepburn
and Buddy Ebsen
in the roles of Holly and "Doc" Golightly. Meadows also had an uncredited bit part in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress. From 1960-1961, she co-starred as Stacy in the syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
series Two Faces West
Two Faces West
Two Faces West is a 39-episode half-hour syndicated television western series set in Gunnison in southwestern Colorado, which aired from October 17, 1960, to July 31, 1961. It stars Scottish native Charles Bateman in the dual roles of twin brothers, Rick January, M.D., and Marshal Ben January...
with Charles Bateman and Francis De Sales
Francis De Sales (actor)
Francis A. De Sales was an American actor. He was known for his roles on two early television series: as police Lieutenant Bill Weigand on the CBS and then NBC drama Mr. and Mrs. North and as Sheriff Maddox in the syndicated western Two Faces West...
. The previous season, 1959–1960, she appeared as Lynn Allen on three episodes entitled "Sphere of No Return", "The Breaking Point", and "Buried Alive", of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's adventure
Adventure
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...
/drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
series The Man and the Challenge
The Man and the Challenge
The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted...
, with George Nader
George Nader
George Nader was an American film and television actor of Lebanese descent. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Phone Call from a Stranger , Congo Crossing , and The Female Animal...
. She also appeared in film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, including the 1957 science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
thriller about a bizarre nuclear scientist, The Brain from Planet Arous
The Brain from Planet Arous
The Brain from Planet Arous is a 1957 science-fiction film that features the theme of alien possession.-Plot:An outer-space terrorist from a planet named Arous - a brain-shaped creature named Gor - arrives on Earth and possesses young scientist Steve March...
, with John Agar
John Agar
John George Agar was an American actor. He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death...
and Robert Fuller
Robert Fuller (actor)
Robert Fuller is an American former television Western actor and current rancher. In his five decades of television, he's best known for starring roles on the popular 1960s western series Laramie as Jess Harper, and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, as well as his work for his lead role, Dr...
.
Early years
Joyce Meadows was born as Joyce Burger, and in 1953 Joyce Burger won the 1953 title of Miss Sacramento. She later went to Hollywood and changed her name to Joyce Meadows.Meadows was raised in early childhood on a farm
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
near her birthplace, the village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Arrowood in Alberta province. According to her website, as a child she acted on the "stage" of her family's back porch. Her family moved to Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, where she attended her first motion picture at the age of eight. She was active in theatre arts in high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
and performed the part of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
at the Little Eaglet Theatre in Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. She moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, while she was still a teenager. Meadows was a student of Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey was an American stage and screen actor and director who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.-Biography:...
, procured a scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
to the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engagements each year.-History:...
, and thereafter studied with Mira Rostova
Mira Rostova
Mira Rostova was a Russian-born American acting teacher, best known for her own variation of method acting that she used in coaching of Montgomery Clift...
and Stella Adler
Stella Adler
Stella Adler was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and the The Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles with long-time protege Joanne Linville, who continues to teach and furthers Adler's legacy...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Her early television roles were in the middle 1950s
1950s
The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...
in such series as Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey was an American stage, television, and film actor.-Early years:Born in Oakland, California, Tobey was headed for a law career when he first dabbled in acting at the University of California Little Theater...
's Whirlybirds
Whirlybirds
Whirlybirds is an American drama television series....
and Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford was an Academy Award-winning American stage, film, radio and TV actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his starring role in the television series "Highway Patrol."-Early life:...
's Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol (TV series)
Highway Patrol is a syndicated action crime drama series produced 1955-1959.-Overview:Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state...
, both in syndication, and on CBS's General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald W. Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.-Radio:...
anthology series, hosted by Ronald W. Reagan. In 1958, she appeared as Ann in "The Neal Bowers Story" of CBS's The Millionaire, with Martin Milner
Martin Milner
Martin Sam Milner is an American actor best known for his performances in two popular television series, Adam-12 and Route 66....
in the starring role. She also guest starred in Harbor Command
Harbor Command
Harbor Command is a syndicated adventure/drama television series starring Wendell Corey as Captain Ralph Baxter, a fictitious officer of the United States Coast Guard. The 39-episode Ziv program aired in black and white from October 11, 1957, to July 4, 1958. Casey Walters appeared in all episodes...
, Wendell Corey
Wendell Corey
Wendell Reid Corey was an American actor and politician.He was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, the son of Milton Rothwell Corey and Julia Etta McKenney . His father was a Congregationalist clergyman...
's syndicated drama about the United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
.
In addition to her The Man and the Challenge episodes, Meadows appeared in these dramatic series in 1959:
- The LineupThe Lineup (TV series)The Lineup is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960, possibly in response to NBC's hit Dragnet....
as Paula Adams in "The Boylston Billing Case" - Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveRichard Diamond, Private DetectiveRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.-Radio:...
as Linda in "Marineland Mystery" - Men Into SpaceMen Into SpaceMen Into Space is an American sci-fi television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col...
as Lynn Croydon in "Space Challenge" - M SquadM SquadM Squad is an American police drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC. Its format would later inspire the creation of spoof TV show Police Squad! Its sponsor was the Pall Mall cigarette brand; Lee Marvin, the program's star, appeared in its commercials during the...
, with Lee MarvinLee MarvinLee Marvin was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou , he landed more...
as: Ellen Benson in "The Outsider" and as Jane Barkley in "One of Our Armored Cars is Missing".
Western roles
Her western roles began in 1958 as the fictitious Annie White in the episode "Sheriff Billy" of NBC's The Restless GunThe Restless Gun
The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict...
, starring John Payne
John Payne (actor)
John Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC western television series The Restless Gun.-Background:Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia...
.
Her subsequent westerns include the following:
- State TrooperState Trooper (TV series)State Trooper is a half-hour television crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada State Troopers. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959...
as Falina Meadows in the episode "The Silver Spiral" of the Rod CameronRod CameronRod Cameron was a Canadian-born movie actor whose career extended from the 1930s to the 1970s. He appeared in horror, war, action and science fiction movies, but is best remembered for his many Westerns....
syndicated series - Tombstone TerritoryTombstone TerritoryTombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959...
as Ellen in "Day of the Amnesty" in the Pat ConwayPat ConwayPatrick Douglas Conway, known as Pat Conway , was an American actor best known for his role as young but tough Sheriff Clay Hollister on the ABC and then syndicated western television series Tombstone Territory . He was a maternal grandson of silent film star Francis X...
syndicated series - The Rough RidersThe Rough Riders (TV series)The Rough Riders is an American Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season...
as Rosemarie in "Hired Gun" and as Carolyn Miller in "The Last Rebel" in another syndicated series - Johnny RingoJohnny Ringo (TV series)Johnny Ringo is a Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It was loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter Johnny Ringo, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, John "Doc" Holliday, and "Buckskin" Franklin Leslie.This fictional...
as Julie in "Border Town" of Don DurantDon DurantDon Durant was an American actor and singer, best known for his role as the gunslinger-turned- sheriff in the CBS Western series Johnny Ringo, which ran on Thursdays from October 1, 1959 - June 30, 1960....
's CBS western - The TexanThe Texan (TV series)The Texan is a Western television series starring popular B movie star Rory Calhoun. It aired on the CBS television network from 1958-1960.-Production notes:...
as Helen Castle in "South of the Border" (1959) and "Ruthless Woman" (1960) of Rory CalhounRory CalhounRory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
's CBS series - Wanted: Dead or Alive as Beth Morrison in "One Mother Too Many" of Steve McQueenSteve McQueenTerrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
's CBS series. - Wagon TrainWagon TrainWagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65...
as Martha Williams in "The Conchita Vasquez Story" (1959), as Rheba Polke in "The Jed Polke Story", and as Melaine in "The Artie Matthewson Story" (both 1961) - LawmanLawman (tv series)Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....
as Elfreida Detweiler in the episodes "Detweiler's Daughter" and "The Cold One" (both 1961) - MaverickMaverick (TV series)Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
, in one of the last episodes of the series, as Linda Storey in "Epitaph for a Gambler" (1962) - CheyenneCheyenne (TV series)Cheyenne is a western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season...
as Madaline De Vier in the episode "Cross Purpose" (1961),
Meadows highlights with photographs these latter two western episodes on her website.
While busy with many of these guest-starring roles, Meadows appeared in twenty-five episodes of Two Faces West:
- "Hot Water" (17 October 1960)
- "Prognosis: Death" (24 October 1960)
- "Sheriff of the Town" (31 October 1960)
- "The Challenge" (7 November 1960)
- "The Operation" (14 November 1960)
- "Fallen Gun" (21 November 1960)
- "The Man in 204" (5 December 1960)
- "The Hanging" (12 December 1960)
- The Last Man (19 December 1960)
- "The Proud Man" (26 December 1960)
- "The Trespasser" (2 January 1961)
- "The Drought" (9 January 1961)
- "The Avengers" (16 January 1961)
- "The Witness" (23 January 1961)
- "Performance Under Fire" (30 January 1961)
- "The Prisoner" (6 February 1961)
- "The Trigger" (13 February 1961)
- "The Return" (20 February 1961)
- "The Accused" (27 February 1961)
- "The Crisis" (6 March 1961)
- "The Stilled Gun" (20 March 1961)
- "The Noose" (15 May 1961)
- "The Lesson" (22 May 1961)
- "Doctor's Orders" (5 June 1961)
- "The Assassin" (31 July 1961)
Other television roles
Into the 1960s, she guest starred twice as Myra Carter in the episodes "Bentley and the Social Worker" and "Bentley and the Blood Bank" of John ForsytheJohn Forsythe
John Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's...
's NBC sitcom Bachelor Father. In 1960, she appeared as Blaise Newsome in the episode "Six Superior Skirts" and as Jessica King in the segment "Perfect Setup" of the ABC and Warner Brothers detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
series 77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes....
.
Between 1959-1961, she appeared three times on CBS's Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
: (1) as Janice Wright in "The Last Dark Step", (2) as Frances Randall in "A Night with the Boys", and (3) as Enid Patterson in "The Throwback". In the latter episode, young Elliot Gray (played by Scott Marlowe
Scott Marlowe
Scott Gregory Marlowe was a versatile American actor of film, television, and stage, who was born and died in Los Angeles, California.-Early film career:...
) and the older Cyril Hardeen (Murray Matheson) both vie for the affections of Enid. After Enid chooses Elliot, Cyril challenges him to a fistfight without knowing that Cyril has hired a younger and stronger proxy.
Meadows also appeared twice as the character Adrian on CBS's The Aquanauts adventure series, with Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961.-Background:...
, Jeremy Slate
Jeremy Slate
Jeremy Slate was an American film and television actor.-Early life:He attended a military academy and joined the navy when he was 16. He was barely 18 when his destroyer assisted in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day . After the war he attended St. Lawrence University where he graduated with honors in...
, and Ron Ely, in episodes entitled "Deep Escape" and "The Jeremiah Adventure", the latter with Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...
. She appeared on the CBS sitcom Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Buddy is a 39-episode situation comedy television series which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season. In the story line, Frank Aletter, a native of Queens, New York, plays the orphaned Buddy Flower, a bachelor stockbroker, who is reared by his overprotective and meticulous aunts,...
that same year as Wilella Grant in the episode "Auntie's Cake". In 1961, she appeared as Anne Wills in "The Boat Caper" of the NBC crime drama Michael Shayne
Michael Shayne
Michael Shayne is a fictional private detective character created during the late 1930s by writer Brett Halliday. It was the title of a series of 12 films starring Lloyd Nolan, a radio series under a variety of names, between 1944 and 1953, and later in 1960-1961, a 32 episode NBC television series...
, starring Richard Denning
Richard Denning
Richard Denning , was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon and An Affair to Remember , and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband , the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's...
, Gary Clarke
Gary Clarke
Gary Clarke is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Hill in the NBC western television series The Virginian with James Drury. Clarke appeared on the program only for its first three seasons, 1962—1964...
, Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley, , was a prolific character actor who appeared on stage, in films and on television.Rudley was born in 1910 in Philadelphia, and attended Temple University. He left Temple after winning a scholarship to Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre.He began appearing on stage in 1926...
, and Jerry Paris
Jerry Paris
Jerry Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show.-Life and career:...
.
In 1964, Meadows appeared on Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna
Richard Donald Crenna was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid...
's CBS political drama Slattery's People
Slattery's People
Slattery's People is a 1964-1965 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O'Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was...
in the role of Gert in the episode "Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?" She appeared three times on CBS's Perry Mason
Perry Mason (TV series)
Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
legal drama
Legal drama
A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation. Subtypes of legal dramas include courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, and come in all forms, including novels, television shows, and films. Legal drama sometimes overlap with crime drama, most notably in the case of Law...
in the episodes "The Cause of the Golden Fraud" as Sylvia Welles, "The Case of the Woeful Widower" as Carole Moray (1964), and as Audrey Stemple in "The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger" (1965). Meadows appeared as the character Anna on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in the 1965 episode "Completely Foolproof".
In 1965, she portrayed Isobel Moon in the film Zebra in the Kitchen
Zebra in the Kitchen
Zebra in the Kitchen is a 1965 American family comedy film, produced and directed by Ivan Tors. The film stars Jay North in his first leading feature film role, Martin Milner, Andy Devine, and Joyce Meadows, and tells the story of a 12-year-old boy's love and compassion for the animals he finds...
, with child actor
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
Jay North
Jay North
Jay North is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of six, North became a household name during the early 1960s for his role as the well-meaning, but mischievous, Dennis Mitchell on the CBS situation comedy Dennis the Menace, based on the comic strip created...
, formerly of CBS's Dennis the Menace, Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Andrew Vabre "Andy" Devine was an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick known for his distinctive raspy voice.-Early life:...
, and Martin Milner
Martin Milner
Martin Sam Milner is an American actor best known for his performances in two popular television series, Adam-12 and Route 66....
, her co-star from the previous The Millionaire episode.
Most recent activity
In 1987, she appeared as Ms. Maytag in the episode "The Matchmaker" of the syndicated version of the Punky BrewsterPunky Brewster
Punky Brewster was an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent...
sitcom. During the first half of the 1990s, she was again quite active, having been cast in such roles as that of a judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
in the 1995 episode "Whine, Whine, Whine" of ABC's Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
In 2009, Meadows appeared in the film short A Golightly Gathering, a reference to the 1961 picture Breakfast at Tiffany's, with Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century...
and Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen was an American character actor and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones, and played Barnaby Jones in the movie...
in the roles of Holly and "Doc" Golightly. Meadows also had an uncredited bit part in Breakfast at Tiffany's.