Joan Hackett facts for kids
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Joan Hackett
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Hackett in Support Your Local Sheriff! in 1969
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Joan Ann Hackett
March 1, 1934 |
| Died | October 8, 1983 (aged 49) |
| Cause of death | Ovarian cancer |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–1983 |
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Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress of film, stage and television. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for the 1966 film The Group, and starred in the 1967 western Will Penny. She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1981 film Only When I Laugh. She also starred as Christine Mannon in the 1978 PBS miniseries version of Mourning Becomes Electra.
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Early life
She was born in New York City, the daughter of Mary (née Esposito); and John Hackett. She had a sister, Theresa, and a brother, John. Her mother was from Naples, Italy, and her father had Irish ancestry, and they reared her Roman Catholic and sent her to Catholic schools.
Acting career
Hackett debuted in 1959 with the role of Gail Prentiss in the television series, Young Doctor Malone. In 1961 she won a Theatre World Award, an Obie Award for Best Actress, and a Drama Desk Award for her Off-Broadway portrayal of Chris in Michael Shurtleff's play Call Me By My Rightful Name.
She had a recurring role on the CBS legal drama The Defenders (1961–1965). She had a leading role in The Twilight Zone episode "A Piano in the House". In the 1963–1964 season, she guest starred on the ABC drama about college life, Channing starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones.
Hackett had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group, along with Candice Bergen, Larry Hagman, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Pettet and others.
One of her notable movie performances was the role of Catherine Allen, a young mother struggling to survive on the frontier, in the 1968 Western Will Penny, with Charlton Heston in the title role. Hackett also had notable parts in the classic Western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff!, with James Garner, and the 1973 murder mystery The Last of Sheila. After this she primarily had parts in TV movies and on episodes of TV series.
Personal life and death
From 1966 to 1973 she was married to actor Richard Mulligan, who also appeared in The Group.
Hackett was diagnosed with cancer in 1983. She died of ovarian cancer on October 8, 1983, at Encino Hospital in Encino, California. Both of her parents and her former husband Richard Mulligan also died of cancer. Her remains are interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where her epitaph reads: "Go Away — I'm Asleep".
Partial filmography
- The Group (1966) - Dottie
- Will Penny (1967) - Catherine Allen
- Assignment to Kill (1968) - Dominique Laurant
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) - Prudy
- The Young Country (1970 TV movie) - Clementine Hale
- How Awful About Allan (1970 TV movie) - Olive
- The Other Man (1970 TV movie) - Kathy Maitland
- Five Desperate Women (1971 TV movie) - Dorian
- Rivals (1972) - Christine
- The Last of Sheila (1973) - Lee
- The Terminal Man (1974) - Dr. Janet Ross
- Reflections of Murder (1974 TV movie) - Claire Elliott
- Mackintosh & T.J. (1975) - Maggie
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) - Lauriette Paxton
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977)
- Dead of Night (1977) - Mother (segment "Bobby")
- The Possessed (1977 TV movie) - Louise Gelson
- Pleasure Cove (1979 TV movie) - Martha Harrison
- The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) (uncredited)
- The Long Days of Summer (1980 TV movie) - Millie Cooper
- Harnessing the Sun (1980) - Herself
- One Trick Pony (1980) - Lonnie Fox
- Only When I Laugh (1981) - Toby Landau
- The Long Summer of George Adams (1982 TV movie)
- The Escape Artist (1982) - Aunt Sibyl
- Flicks - Capt. Grace (segment "New Adventures of the Great Galaxy") (1987) (last appearance)
Selected television guest appearances
- 1960 Diagnosis: Unknown, in "Gina, Gina" (episode 1.7) September 6
- 1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents, playing "Sylvia" in episode: "Servant Problem" (episode #6.34) June 6
- 1962 The New Breed (1961), playing Angie in episode: "Cross the Little Line" (episode #1.15) January 9
- 1962 The Twilight Zone (1959), playing "Esther Fortune" in episode: "A Piano in the House" (episode # 3.22), February 16
- 1962 Gunsmoke (1955), playing "Mady Arthur" in episode: "The Widow" (episode # 7.25), March 24
- 1963 Combat! (1962), playing "Gabrielle" in episode: "The Chateau" (episode # 1.19), February 12
- 1963 Empire (1962), playing Dolores Lanza in episode: "Between Friday and Monday" (episode # 1.31), May 7
- 1964 Channing (1963), playing Djuna Phrayne in episode: "A Rich, Famous, Glamorous Folk Singer Like Me" (episode # 1.15), January 8
- 1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), playing "Helen Clarvoe" in episode: "Beast in View" (episode # 2.21), March 20
- 1965 Bonanza (1959), playing "Margarita Miguel" in episode: "Woman of Fire" (episode # 6.17), January 17
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense (1967), playing Ruth Massey in episode: "The Living Victim" (episode # 1.14), December 15
- 1969 Daniel Boone (1964), playing "Theodora Liggett" in episode: "A Pinch of Salt" (episode #5.26), May 1
- 1971 Dan August (1970), playing Nancy Williams in "The Assassins" (episode # 1.26), April 8
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones, playing Alice Banion in "The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke" (episode # 1.15)
- 1972 Bonanza, playing Judith Corman in "Second Sight" (season 13, episode 16)
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. (1979) playing "Wilma" in episode: "The Surrogate" (episode # 1.10), December 23
- 1979 Taxi, playing "Charlotte", the sister of "Alex Reiger" in episode: "Honor Thy Father" (season 2, episode 2) aired on 18 September 1979
- 1982 Paper Dolls (1982), playing "Julia Blake" mother of teen model Taryn Blake
See also
In Spanish: Joan Hackett para niños
