Joyce Holden obit

Actress Joyce Holden Has Died 

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Holden was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 1, 1930. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Heckert, she was of Swedish, English, German and Dutch ancestry.

As a teenager, she modeled at a department store and used her drawing abilities to win a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute. In the summer before Holden's senior year in high school, she and her brother went with their mother to Los Angeles, intending to spend two weeks' vacation there. Instead, they stayed, and she attended Hollywood High School her senior year. She went on to study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Holden's screen debut was in Universal-International's The Milkman (1950). Her other films included Iron Man (1951), Bronco Buster, Girls in the Night (1953) and You Never Can Tell (1951).

In 1958, she retired from acting after having appeared in 13 films. Lee Cozad wrote in the book More Magnificent Mountain Movies, "Holden found herself in a Hollywood that was awash with young brunette starlets and subsequently hung on for a couple of years, playing bit parts in 'A' movies and a few leads in 'B' pictures."

In a 1952 newspaper column distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association, Holden attributed the difficulties in her film career to the fact that she started in comedy films. "It's murder when a young actress is stamped as a comedienne in Hollywood," she said. "My big mistake was in showing I had a comedy flair. There's no chance in Hollywood for an actress who starts out in comedy. You graduate into it."

Holden was a regular on The Donald O'Connor Show (1954-1955). She also appeared in the Spin and Marty segment on The Mickey Mouse Club.

On June 16, 1951, Holden married song writer Arnold Stanford in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were divorced on October 31, 1955.

Holden wed her second husband, industrial real estate broker David Mannhalter, in 1958. The couple were active members of the Jehovah's Witnesses. She died in Encinitas, California on January 21, 2022, at the age of 91.

 

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Sea Divers (1958)

Sea Divers

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TV Movie

1958

 

The Lineup (1954)

The Lineup

TV Series

1958

1 episode

 

Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)

Terror from the Year 5000

Claire Erling

1958

 

Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lawford, and Asta in The Thin Man (1957)

The Thin Man

Abbie Martin

TV Series

1957

1 episode

 

Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)

Chevron Hall of Stars

Abbie

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956)

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty

Miss Adams

TV Series

1956

 

Soldiers of Fortune (1955)

Soldiers of Fortune

Janice FetterCara Marsh

TV Series

1955–1956

2 episodes

 

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

The Werewolf (1956)

The Werewolf

Amy Standish

1956

 

TV Reader's Digest (1955)

TV Reader's Digest

EveLaura Thompson

TV Series

1955–1956

2 episodes

 

Climax! (1954)

Climax!

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)

The 20th Century-Fox Hour

Edna

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Front Row Center (1955)

Front Row Center

Ann Clark

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

Science Fiction Theatre

Alma StarkJoan Emerson

TV Series

1955–1956

2 episodes

 

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Lux Video Theatre

WinifredJoan Winfield

TV Series

1955–1956

2 episodes

 

Preston Foster in Cavalcade of America (1952)

Cavalcade of America

Helen Grant

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, and Ricky Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Clara RandolphMrs. Van Buskirk

TV Series

1955

2 episodes

 

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

The Ford Television Theatre

Essie

TV Series

1955

1 episode

 

Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)

General Electric Theater

JanetAlison

TV Series

1953–1955

2 episodes

 

The Man Behind the Badge (1953)

The Man Behind the Badge

Claire Torrington

TV Series

1955

1 episode

 

Ed Gardner in Duffy's Tavern (1954)

Duffy's Tavern

TV Series

1954

1 episode

 

Mark Stevens in Big Town (1950)

Big Town

Merrilee Winters

TV Series

1953–1954

3 episodes

 

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Joyce Holden, and William 'Bill' Phillips in Private Eyes (1953)

Private Eyes

Myra Hagen

1953

 

Chevron Theatre (1952)

Chevron Theatre

TV Series

1953

1 episode

 

Fireside Theatre (1949)

Fireside Theatre

Caroline

TV Series

1953

1 episode

 

Craig Stevens and Joyce Holden in Murder Without Tears (1953)

Murder Without Tears

Joyce Fitzgerald

1953

 

Leonard Freeman, Patricia Hardy, and Joyce Holden in Girls in the Night (1953)

Girls in the Night

Georgia Cordray

1953

 

Gruen Guild Theater

TV Series

1952

1 episode

 

Guiding Light (1952)

Guiding Light

Marie Wallace Grant #1 (1954)

TV Series

1952

 

Scott Brady, Joyce Holden, John Lund, and Chill Wills in Bronco Buster (1952)

Bronco Buster

Judy Bream

1952

 

Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Joyce Holden, Dick Powell, and Flame in You Never Can Tell (1951)

You Never Can Tell

Golden Harvest aka Goldie Harvey

1951

 

Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, and Stephen McNally in Iron Man (1951)

Iron Man

'Tiny' Ford - Photographer

1951

 

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Hospital Receptionist (uncredited)

1951

 

Suzanne Dalbert, Alex Nicol, Mark Stevens, Don Taylor, and Gig Young in Target Unknown (1951)

Target Unknown

German Nurse

1951

 

Piper Laurie, Jimmy Durante, Joyce Holden, and Donald O'Connor in The Milkman (1950)

The Milkman

Ginger Burton

1950