Joy Bang | |
|---|---|
 Bang in 1970 | |
| Born | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–1973 |
| Spouse | Paul Bang |
Joy Bang is a former American actress best known for her film appearances in the early 1970s.
Joy Bang | |
|---|---|
| Bang in 1970 | |
| Born | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–1973 |
| Spouse | Paul Bang |
Joy Bang is a former American actress best known for her film appearances in the early 1970s.
Bang was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was adopted at one month old. [1] She was raised in New York City, where she attended Hunter Elementary School. [1] She attended Boston University for one year, but dropped out, and later worked as a go-go dancer. She married Paul Bang in the late 1960s. [1]
Bang began her career collaborating with underground filmmaker Andrew Meyer in Boston. [2] She would appear in a total of eight films between 1970 and 1973, most notably Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam in 1972. [3]
Bang also appears in a 1971 episode of the Christian TV series Insight entitled "The Party" and on the American television series Room 222 in the 16th episode of the third season, entitled "Where Is It Written?".
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Events | Joy |
| Maidstone | Joy Broom | |
| The Kowboys | Smitty | |
| Mission: Impossible , "Flip Side" S5.E2 | Girl | |
| Brand X | Joy Bang | |
| The Young Lawyers , "The Two Dollar Thing" S-1 E-3 | Chicago | |
| The Psychiatrist , "God Bless the Children" (pilot episode) | Kendell | |
| 1971 | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Rita |
| Red Sky at Morning | Corky | |
| Medical Center , "The Impostor" S-3 E-3 | Peggy | |
| Insight , "The Party" S1.E339 | Abby | |
| Hawaii Five-O , "To Kill or Be Killed" S-3 E-17 | Gail Howard | |
| 1972 | Cisco Pike | Lynn |
| Night of the Cobra Woman | Joanna | |
| Room 222 , "Where Is It Written?" S-3 E-16 | Judy Shore | |
| Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Sandra | |
| Play It Again, Sam | Julie | |
| 1973 | Adam-12 , “Killing Ground” S-5 E-18 (№ 120) | Susan Danhart |
| Police Story , "Collision Course" S-1 E-6 | Gloria | |
| Messiah of Evil | Toni |
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