Joanna Barnes
Barnes' initial appearance on television was in the episode "The Man Who Beat Lupo" on Ford Theatre. She made guest appearances on many television series, including the ABC/Warner Bros. programs 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick, CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel, What's My Line, and the crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective. In 1960-61, she guest-starred on The Untouchables episode "90 Proof Dame" as the wife of a French exporter of brandy. Barnes appeared as Kate Henniger, with Bing Russell and Arthur Space in the 1958 episode "Ghost Town" of the ABC/WB Western series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1959, she portrayed Lola in the NBC detective series 21 Beacon Street. In the 1960s, Barnes worked for producer Martin Ransohoff and appeared in episodes of his The Beverly Hillbillies ("Elly Goes to School" and "The Clampett Look") and was billed as special guest-star. Barnes played Peter Falk's former wife on the 1965–1966 CBS series The Trials of O'Brien and was host of the ABC daytime talk show Dateline: Hollywood in 1967. She was also a frequent panelist in the early years of the syndicated version of What's My Line?. On December 19, 1972, Barnes appeared on The Merv Griffin Show with Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Dan Martino (founder of the Dan Martino School for Men). Barnes moved to Los Angeles soon after finishing her education, and took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She went on to have roles in more than 20 films. Among her most remembered roles is the snooty Gloria Upson in the film Auntie Mame, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year. Barnes became the 13th actress to play Jane when she appeared in Tarzan, the Ape Man, with Denny Miller as Tarzan. In Disney's original 1961 version of The Parent Trap starring Hayley Mills, Barnes played gold-digger Vicki Robinson, who temporarily comes between Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. In the 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan, she played Vicki Blake, the mother of the child-hating gold-digger and fiancee Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix). As well, she appeared in The War Wagon, a western movie starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Barnes was also a writer and columnist. In 1973, she told newspaper columnist Dick Kleiner that she liked writing because "it is something you do yourself. With acting, if you win an Oscar or an Emmy, you have to thank everybody. If you write a book, it is completely your own." She wrote a book, titled Starting from Scratch, about home decorating and several novels, including The Deceivers, Who Is Carla Hart?, Pastora, and Silverwood. She wrote a weekly book review for the Los Angeles Times, and her column "Touching Home" was carried by The Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate.
Known For
Credits
- 1998 · The Parent Trap as Vicki Blake
- 1986 · Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lydia Barnett
- 1983 · Secrets of a Mother and Daughter as Carina
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Claudette Crockett
- 1982 · Cheers as Valerie Crandell
- 1980 · Farewell to the Planet of the Apes as Carsia
- 1980 · When the Whistle Blows as
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1977 · The Betty White Show as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Margo Bentley
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Julia Lathrop
- 1975 · I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? as Clarice Oliver
- 1975 · Matt Helm as Hannah Bigelow
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Miss Caroline Fitzjames
- 1974 · Planet of the Apes as
- 1972 · Cool Million as Elizabeth Karinakis
- 1971 · B.S. I Love You as Jane Ink
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Laura Daniels
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Noreen Saunders
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Ardith Williams
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · Don't Make Waves as Diane Prescott
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Lola
- 1966 · Too Many Thieves as Katie
- 1965 · The Trials of O'Brien as Katie O'Brien
- 1964 · Goodbye Charlie as Janie Highland
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Connie
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Melinda Parsons
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as
- 1963 · Philbert (Three's a Crowd) as Angela
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Cynthia Fenwick
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1961 · The Purple Hills as Amy Carter
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Suzanne Shary
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Carol Tredman
- 1961 · The Parent Trap as Vicky Robinson
- 1960 · Spartacus as Claudia Marius
- 1960 · The Tab Hunter Show as
- 1959 · Mr. Lucky as
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Marcie McKuen
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as
- 1959 · Philip Marlowe as
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Diane Winthrope
- 1959 · Tarzan, the Ape Man as Jane
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · 21 Beacon Street as Joanna
- 1958 · Auntie Mame as Gloria Upson
- 1958 · Home Before Dark as Cathy Bergner
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Lisa Cabot
- 1958 · Violent Road as Lawrence's Wife
- 1957 · The Real McCoys as
- 1957 · Maverick as Mary Shane
- 1957 · Maverick as Mrs. Baxter
- 1957 · Maverick as Abby Taylor
- 1957 · Maverick as Daphne Tolliver
- 1957 · Maverick as Felice de Lassignac #1
- 1957 · M Squad as Tammy Worth
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Penelope Lacey
- 1957 · No Time to Be Young as Jeannie
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Joyce Long
- 1957 · The Garment Jungle as Model (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Alice Claney
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Karen Summers
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Princess Camilla
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist