Jolene Brand | |
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| Born | Jolene Marie Bufkin |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–1966 |
| Spouse | George Schlatter |
| Children | 2 |
Jolene Brand (born Jolene Marie Bufkin) is an American actress. She acted most in the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared in seven episodes of the Ernie Kovacs television shows.
Brand was from Baldwin Park, California. She graduated from Covina High School and attended Mt. San Antonio College. She won an American Legion beauty contest in 1951 and was queen of the Los Angeles County Fair of 1953, Miss Red Feather, Miss Baldwin Park, the Future Farmers of America Queen, and a WAMPUS Baby Star. [1] [2]
Early in her career, Brand performed in Las Vegas, and in 1955 she sang and danced at Ciro's night club in California. [1] Also in 1955 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star. [3]
In 1958, she acted in the B-film Giant from the Unknown , about a man who was frozen in suspended animation for 500 years and was freed by a lightning bolt and goes on a killing spree. [4] Later that year she was signed up to play a part in the Disney television show Zorro . She played the romantic interest for the main character played by Guy Williams. [5] She was a model on the television series Queen for a Day as well.
Brand portrayed "Indian Emily" in the 1959 episode of the same name on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days , hosted by Stanley Andrews. The setting is the United States Army outpost at Fort Davis, Texas. Emily, an Apache captive, adopts the white man's ways but flees when a young officer, Tom Easton (Burt Metcalfe), whom she loves, prepares to marry someone else. She returns to warn the fort of a pending Apache attack, and dies of a gunshot wound fired in error after saving the fort. Meg Wyllie played Tom's compassionate mother, Mrs. Easton. A memorial at Fort Davis honors the heroism of Indian Emily. [6] Brand and her husband George Schlatter were close friends with Kovacs and his wife, Edie Adams. [7] Brand appeared with Kovacs in many of his later ABC-TV programs.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1958 | Giant from the Unknown aka The Diablo Giant | Ann Brown | Credited as Joline Brand |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1966 | Vacation Playhouse | Wanda | Episode: "The Hoofer" |
| 1962 | Hawaiian Eye | Lola | Episode: "Janine Westerfield" |
| 1962 | Bronco | Emily | Episode: "A Town That Lived and Died" |
| 1961 - 1962 | The Ernie Kovacs Show | Various | Episode: 7 appearances from 18 May 1961 to 23 January 1962 |
| 1961 | Cheyenne | Lorna Abbott | Episode: "Legacy Of the Lost" |
| 1961 | Maverick | Penelope Baxter | Episode: "A Technical Error" |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | Pink Cloud | Episode: "The Christmas Spirit" |
| 1960 | Mr. Lucky | Clara Iglesias | Episode: "Operation Fortuna" |
| 1960 | Hennesey | Nurse | Episode: "Angel Face" |
| 1960 | Hennessy | Gloria | Episode: "Senior Nurse" |
| 1960 | Hennessy | Wave | Episode: "Hennesey and the Ancient Vehicle" |
| 1960 | The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | Ann | Episode: "Anatomy of Fear" |
| 1959 | Man with a Camera | Joyce Whitman | Episode: "The Bride" |
| 1959 | Death Valley Days | Emily | Episode: "Indian Emily" |
| 1959 | Whirlybirds | Jackie Bryan | Episode: "The Deadly Game" |
| 1959 | Whirlybirds | Lucy | Episode: "If I Were King" |
| 1959 | US Marshall | Connie James | Episode: "Federal Agent" |
| 1958 - 1959 | Zorro | Anna Maria Verdugo | Episode: 9 Episodes from 1958 - 1959 |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 | Linda Carson | Episode: "Calamity Coach" |
| 1958 | State Trooper | Mrs. Reinhardt | Episode: "Firebug" |
| 1957 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Lucy | Episode: "Misery Loves Company" |
| 1957 | Gunsmoke | Young Bride | Episode: "How to Kill a Woman" |
| 1957 | Official Detective | ? | Episode: "The Hostages" |
| 1957 | Take a Good Look | ? | Episode: Episode dated 31 December 1959 |
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