Joan Tompkins

Joan Swenson (July 9, 1915 – January 29, 2005), previously known as Joan Tompkins, was an American actress of television, film, radio, and stage.

Early life and career

A New York City native, the eldest of two daughters born to Merritt E. Tompkins and Florence H. Aitken, Tompkins performed with stock theater companies in Mount Kisco, New York and White Plains, New York. She acted on Broadway in ''My Sister Eileen'', ''The Golden Journey'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', and ''Fly Away Home''.

Personal life

On July 25, 1936, Tompkins married actor Stephen Ker Appleby in Briarcliff, New York. They were divorced on December 4, 1941. She was also married to actor Karl Swenson."Reunion of Pals"
'' The Daily Herald''. May 22, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

Radio

Her roles on radio programs include:

Filmography

Film

Television

Her television roles included:
*'' Adventures in Paradise'' as Cora Summers in "Assassins" (1961)
*''Hazel'' as Florence Gurney in "Hazel and the Gardener" (1962)
*'' The New Breed'' as Mrs. Marsh in "How Proud the Guilty" (1962)
*''Bus Stop'', as Sarah Jenkins in "The Runaways" (1961) and unknown role in "I Kiss Your Shadow" (1962)
*''The Danny Thomas Show'', two episodes (1959 and 1962)
*''The Lieutenant'', two episodes (1963–1964)
*''Route 66'', as Mrs. Thomas in "Between Hello and Goodbye" (1962)
*''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' as Martha Pollux in "The Day of the Wizard" (1964)
*'' The Eleventh Hour'', three episodes, including the two-parter, "Does My Mother Have to Know?", in the role of Aggie Britt (1964)
*''Mr. Novak'' as Mrs. Douglas Morgan, Sr., in "The Private Life of Douglas Morgan, Jr." (1964)
*'' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' as Mrs. Harper in "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter" (1964)
*''Perry Mason'', three episodes (1962–1964)
*'' Dr. Kildare'', three episodes (1962–1965)
*''Slattery's People'', as Dorothy Ralston in "Question, What Time Is the Next Bandwagon?" (1965)
*'' The Farmer's Daughter'' in "Katie's Castle" (1965)
*''General Hospital'', recurring as Nurse Genevieve Kendall Jones (1967–?)
*''My Three Sons'', recurring as Lorraine Miller (1967-1970)
*''Mannix'' as Mrs. Dover in "Turn Every Stone" (1967)
*'' Mission: Impossible'' as Miss Putnam in "The Seal" (1967)
*''Occasional Wife'' as Mrs. Brahms in "Pilot" and "No Cookie for Dessert" (1966)
*''I Dream of Jeannie'' as General's wife in "Invisible House for Sale" (1968)
*''Bewitched'' as Harriet Walters in "Once in a Vial" (1968)
*''The Brady Bunch'' as Mrs. Tyler in "The Honeymoon" (1969) which was that show's premiere episode
*''Lassie'', in two episodes, including the role of Mrs. Davis in the 1964 episode "The Little Christmas Tree" and as Katherine in the 1971 segment entitled "The Awakening"
*'' The Scarecrow'' as Mistress Cynthia Merton, television play (1972)
*''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', as Mrs. Thorn, secretary to Lou Grant, episode "Who's in Charge Here?" (1972)
*''Griff'', as Ruth in "Elephant in a Cage" (1973)
*'' Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'', three episodes, including two as a judge (1973–1974)
*''Barnaby Jones'', three episodes, including role of Judge Edith Royce in "Voice in the Night" (1976)
*''The Waltons'', as Mrs. Herbert in "The Achievement" (1977), the final appearance of Richard Thomas in the series and the episode in which John-Boy Walton he obtains publication of his first novel
*''Emergency!'' as Maggie Trigg in "The Most Deadly Passage" (1978), made into a television movie the following year

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1915 births
2005 deaths
Actresses from Los Angeles
People from Dana Point, California
Actresses from New York (state)
American television actresses
American film actresses
American radio actresses
American stage actresses
Place of birth missing
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women