Joyce Van Patten

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Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten (1969).JPG
Van Patten in 1969
Born (1934-03-09) March 9, 1934 (age 90)
OccupationActress
Years active1948–present
Spouse
(m. 1959;div. 1962)
(m. 1973;div. 1987)
Children Talia Balsam
Relatives Dick Van Patten (brother)
Tim Van Patten (half-brother)
Nels Van Patten (nephew)
Vincent Van Patten (nephew)
Grace Van Patten (niece)

Joyce Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) [1] is an American film and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in films like The Bad News Bears (1976), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) (as Mrs. Beamish), and as Gloria Noonan in Grown Ups (2010).

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Personal life

She was married to actor Martin Balsam from 1959 to 1962, and they had a daughter, actress Talia Balsam. [2]

She was married to Dennis Dugan from 1973 to 1987.[ citation needed ]

Career

The cast of The Good Guys, 1968: From left: Bob Denver, Herb Edelman and Van Patten The Good Guys cast 1968.jpg
The cast of The Good Guys, 1968: From left: Bob Denver, Herb Edelman and Van Patten

Van Patten has appeared in dozens of television series. She was a member of the original cast of As the World Turns . She made her television debut as a featured regular on The Danny Kaye Show , after which she co-starred with Bob Denver and Herb Edelman in the 1968–70 sitcom The Good Guys as Claudia Gramus, the long-suffering wife of diner owner Bert Gramus (played by Edelman). She appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Prankish Professor" and "The Case of the Thermal Thief"). She appeared in guest or recurring roles on Stoney Burke , Hawaii Five-O , Gunsmoke (as bar girl "Molly" in "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal" - S8E26), The Untouchables , The Law and Mr. Jones , The Twilight Zone ("Passage on the Lady Anne"), The Jack Benny Program , Family Affair , The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , The Andy Griffith Show , Mr. Novak , The Outer Limits , Mannix , The Rockford Files , The Bob Newhart Show , The Odd Couple , The F.B.I. , Lou Grant , Law & Order , Oz , and The Sopranos . On a 1976 episode of Columbo , "Old Fashioned Murder", Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator. In 1974, she had a minor role in the episode "Negative Reaction" (with Dick Van Dyke) of the same series. In 1979, she starred as Iris Chapman in The Mary Tyler Moore Hour , and appeared in The Martian Chronicles the following year. In 1995, she played Maureen, Jennie's mother, for two seasons on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After . In 2005, she played Carol Prudy, Susan Mayer's stepmother, on two episodes of Desperate Housewives .

Her film credits include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Trouble with Girls (1969), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), Making It (1971), Something Big (1971), Bone (1972), Thumb Tripping (1972), Mame (1974), The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976), Mikey and Nicky (1976), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Billy Galvin (1986), Blind Date (1987), Monkey Shines (1988), Grown Ups (2010), This Must Be the Place (2011), and God's Pocket (2014). In 2018 she appeared in the short film The Rest. [3]

Theatre

At age 9, Van Patten made her stage debut in Tomorrow, the World! . [4] She appeared on Broadway in, among other shows, A Hole in the Head , Brighton Beach Memoirs , Murder at the Howard Johnson's , Rumours , Jake's Women and Rabbit Hole . She appeared off-Broadway in such dramas as Love, Loss, and What I Wore , The Vagina Monologues , and Chekhov's The Seagull . She also appeared and recorded, with Charles Aidman and Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn, excerpts from Spoon River Anthology . [5] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1951 Fourteen Hours Barbara (uncredited)
1958 The Goddess Hillary
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas Joyce
1969 The Trouble with Girls Maude
1970 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Anna
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! Olga
1971 Making It Betty Fuller
1971 Something Big Polly Standall
1972 Bone Bernadette
1972 Thumb Tripping Mother
1974 Mame Sally Cato
1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Ida Mae
1976 The Bad News Bears Cleveland
1976 Mikey and Nicky Jan
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Mrs. Boyce
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Mrs. Beamish
1986 Billy Galvin Mae Galvin
1987 Blind Date Nadia's Mother
1988 Monkey Shines Dorothy Mann
1989 Trust Me Nettie Brown
1996 Infinity Aunt Ruth
1998Show & TellMrs. Mahler
2006My Mother's HairdoMaryShort film
2008 Marley & Me Mrs. Butterfly
2010 Grown Ups Gloria Noonan
2011 This Must Be the Place Dorothy Shore
2011 Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Mariam
2011The People in the PictureVideo
2012 The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Mrs. McGowan
2013Angel's PerchPolly
2014 God's Pocket Aunt Sophie
2018The RestMaryShort film
2018 Diane Madge
2019Alzheimer'sNancyShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1946NBC Television TheatreSeason 1 Episode 4: ”The Flattering Word”
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse Season 1 Episode 1: ”Dinner at Eight”
1949–1951 Kraft Television Theatre Mary3 episodes
1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre Season 1 Episode 21: ”Time of Their Lives”
1952 The Web Season 2 Episode 28: "The Terrible Truth"
1954 Mama 3 episodes
1954 The Big Story Valerie FosterSeason 6 Episode 2: "Charles McKinney of the Tulsa World"
1956–1957 As the World Turns Janice Turner Hughes #1
1956 Robert Montgomery Presents Season 8 Episode 11: "The Misfortunes of Mr. Minihan"
1959–1960 Young Doctor Malone Clara Kershaw
1959 Deadline WaitressSeason 1 Episode 9: "Charm Boy"
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones EthelSeason 1 Episode 20: "Cold Turkey"
1961 Ben Casey Stella MaxwellSeason 1 Episode 10: "The Sweet Kiss of Madness"
1961–1963 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Ethel Bronkowski / Mrs. Maude Pomfritt / Speed Pulitzer3 episodes
1962 Bus Stop BettySeason 1 Episode 18: "Turn Home Again"
1962 Target: The Corruptors! MadeleineSeason 1 Episode 21: "Fortress of Despair"
1962 Checkmate Marcia JamesSeason 2 Episode 20: "Remembrance of Crimes Past"
1962 The Detectives PhyllisSeason 3 Episode 20: "Night Boat"
1962 Wide Country Nina CorbelloSeason 1 Episode 4: "Who Killed Edde Gannon?"
1962 The New Loretta Young Show Charlotte RameySeason 1 Episode 6: "First Assignment"
1962–1963 Dr. Kildare Julie Belmanno / Ruth Scully2 episodes
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Grace ThorpeSeason 1 Episode 23: "The Lonely Hours"
1963 Gunsmoke MollySeason 8 Episode 26: "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal"
1963 Stoney Burke Laura FredericksSeason 1 Episode 23: "Joby"
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show Doris BaxterSeason 1 Episode 26: "The Sheridan Square"
1963 The Untouchables Claire ValeSeason 4 Episode 23: "The Spoiler"
1963 The Twilight Zone Eileen RansomeEpisode: " Passage on the Lady Anne "
1963 The Defenders Nora SlaterSeason 3 Episode 13: "Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy"
1963–1965 Perry Mason Sally Sheldon / Fay Gilmer2 episodes
1964 The Outer Limits Rhea CashmanEpisode: " A Feasibility Study "
1965 Mr. Novak Avis BrownSeason 2 Episode 14: "From the Brow of Zeus"
1965 Karen NoraSeason 1 Episode 13: "Good Neighbor Policy"
1965 The Jack Benny Program The Wife, Mrs. GoodheartSeason 15 Episode 16: "Jack Adopts a Son"
1965 Slattery's People Barbara HarrisonSeason 2 Episode 4: "The Unborn"
1965 The Virginian Mary StewartSeason 4 Episode 6: "Ring of Silence"
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah LilySeason 1 Episode 13: "The Siege"
1966 The Loner Peggy WoodwardSeason 1 Episode 22: "The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2"
1966 The Danny Kaye Show Giovanni's Daughter-in-LawSeason 4 Episode 14: "Episode #4.14"
1966–1972 Insight Mrs. Foley / Marie Slovak / Thelma Montanus3 episodes
1967 Mr. Terrific MargoSeason 1 Episode 8: "Stanley the Jailbreaker"
1967 Accidental Family MarthaSeason 1 Episode 3: "If You Knew Martha"
1967 The Andy Griffith Show Laura HollanderSeason 8 Episode 5: "Opie Steps Up in Class"
1967 Iron Horse Alice FullerSeason 2 Episode 15: "Death Has Two Faces"
1967–1973 Mannix Lola Collins / Dodie Green2 episodes
1968–1970 The Good Guys Claudia GramusSeries regular
1969Spoon RiverReaderTV Movie
1970 Storefront Lawyers EllaSeason 1 Episode 4: "The Electric Kid"
1970 The Odd Couple Phyllis ParkerSeason 1 Episode 7: "I Do, I Don't"
1970 Family Affair Gail SpencerSeason 5 Episode 11: "Class Clown"
1970–1972 Hawaii Five-O Lila Daniels / Rhoda Lovejoy2 episodes
1970–1974 Love, American Style Rona / Wanda Glass / Nikki / Marge / Janet6 episodes
1971 The F.B.I. Alice KranzSeason 6 Episode 24: "Turnabout"
1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Millicent WilsonSeason 3 Episode 1: "Broken Melody"
1971 Nichols Arletta McGreevySeason 1 Episode 4: "Paper Badge"
1972 The Bravos (uncredited)TV Movie
1972 McCloud Lucy SloanSeason 2 Episode 5: "A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley"
1972 The Don Rickles Show Jean Benedict2 episodes
1972 Cannon Kate Werner MacklinSeason 1 Episode 21: "A Flight of Hawks"
1972 Medical Center Paula EckhartSeason 4 Episode 6: "Betrayed"
1973 The Bob Newhart Show Connie MillerSeason 1 Episode 15: "Let's Get Away from It Almost"
1973 The Streets of San Francisco Mrs. RudolphSeason 1 Episode 21: "The House on Hyde Street"
1973 Young Dr. Kildare Nurse MarvinEpisode: ”Mercy Killing”
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show HenriettaSeason 3 Episode 5: "Mrs. Ferguson"
1973Burt and the GirlsTV Movie
1974 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Ruth TannenSeason 3 Episode 14: "House of Friends"
1974The Wide World of MysteryJaneSeason 2 Episode 14: "The Book of Murder"
1974 Winter Kill Grace LockhardTV Movie
1974 The Stranger Within PhyllisTV Movie
1974 Amy Prentiss Mrs. HyserSeason 1 Episode 2: "The Desperate World of Jane Doe"
1974–1976 Columbo Sister of Mercy / Ruth Lytton2 episodes
1975For the Use of the HallAliceTV Movie
1975 Let's Switch! Linette RobinTV Movie
1975Winner Take AllEdie GouldTV Movie
1977 The Rockford Files Lianne Sweeny2 episodes
1977 Lou Grant Gloria AldrigeSeason 1 Episode 6: "Aftershock"
1977 Family Mrs. PalmerSeason 3 Episode 6: "We Love You, Miss Jessup"
1978To Kill a CopBetty EischiedTV Movie
1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras Janet MurphyTV Movie
1978The Comedy CompanyEllen DietzTV Movie
1978The Plant FamilyLyla Plant – the motherTV Movie
1979 Visions KitSeason 3 Episode 6: "Ladies in Waiting"
1979 The Mary Tyler Moore Hour Iris ChapmanSeries regular
1979You Can't Take It with YouMiss WellingtonTV Movie
1979A Christmas for BoomerLila ManchesterTV Movie
1980 The Martian Chronicles Elma Parkhill Miniseries
1981BulbaBarbara ThatcherTV Movie
1982Eleanor, First Lady of the World'Tommy' ThompsonTV Movie
1982Bus StopGraceTV Movie
1983Another Woman's ChildJanet SteinTV Movie
1983The Demon Murder CaseConnie FrazierTV Movie
1983In Defense of KidsCaroline RubenTV Movie
1984 Crazy Like a Fox SallySeason 1 Episode 1: "Pilot"
1985 Malice in Wonderland Dema HarshbargerTV Movie
1985Picking Up the PiecesHarriet GoodmanTV Movie
1985 Tall Tales & Legends MaSeason 1 Episode 2: "Annie Oakley"
1986 Amazing Stories EvaSeason 1 Episode 23: "One for the Books"
1986Under the InfluenceHelen TalbotTV Movie
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse IleneSeason 1 Episode 15: "Sirens"
1991 The Haunted Cora MillerTV Movie
1991 Sisters Belle AdderlySeason 1 Episode 4: "Devoted Husband, Loving Father"
1992 Maid for Each Other LeilaTV Movie
1992 Brooklyn Bridge Harriet Mueller3 episodes
1993 Law & Order Ramona Stark, Ph. D.Season 3 Episode 11: "Extended Family"
1993 All My Children Helen Marsh14 episodes
1993 Diagnosis: Murder Sarah EmersonSeason 1 Episode 3: "Murder at the Telethon"
1993 Bob Joyce Leona-CurtisSeason 2 Episode 5: "Kiss and Sell"
1994Breathing LessonsSerenaTV Movie
1994 Northern Exposure Pat HillmanSeason 5 Episode 21: "I Feel the Earth Move"
1994The Gift of LoveErika MagnussenTV Movie
1994 All-American Girl EmmaSeason 1 Episode 12: "Loveless in San Francisco"
1995Grandpa's FuneralIris BraimenTV Movie
1995–1996 Unhappily Ever After Maureen SlatteryRecurring role
1996Jake's WomenEdithTV Movie
1999 Touched by an Angel Sylvia MangioneSeason 5 Episode 17: "Family Business"
1999 Now and Again PsychiatristSeason 1 Episode 6: "Nothing to Fear, but Nothing to Fear"
2002 Oz Sarah RebadowSeason 5 Episode 7: "Good Intentions"
2002 The Sopranos Dr. Sandy ShawEpisode: " Christopher "
2002 NYPD Blue Ruth DwyerSeason 10 Episode 9: "Half-Ashed"
2002–2003 Judging Amy Jane, Eric's Lawyer2 episodes
2005 Without a Trace PaulaSeason 4 Episode 6: "Viuda Negra"
2005 Desperate Housewives Carol Prudy2 episodes
2011 The Good Wife Agnes SilvestreSeason 3 Episode 4: "Feeding the Rat"
2012 Made in Jersey LillaSeason 1 Episode 3: "Camelot"
2014 Boardwalk Empire Mrs. Zeller – Crab WomanEpisode: " King of Norway "
2018Cady DidMarion Huffman
2021If I'm Alive Next Week...MarjorieSeries regular

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