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Years active
  
1953-1958

Name
  
Joan Weldon


Role
  
Film actress

Spouse
  
David Podell (m. 1966)

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Full Name
  
Joan Louise Welton

Born
  
August 5, 1930 (age 94) (
1930-08-05
)
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Occupation
  
Singer, film & TV actress

Children
  
Melissa Weinand (b. 1968)

Movies
  
Them!, The Stranger Wore a G, Riding Shotgun, Day of the Bad Man, Gunsight Ridge

Similar People
  
Gordon Douglas, Sandy Descher, Andre de Toth, Claire Trevor, Carolyn Craig

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Joan Weldon (born as Joan Louise Welton on August 5, 1930, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television actress.

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Early years

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Weldon's grandmother, Olio Cornell, raised her in San Francisco after she "was left motherless at five." Weldon's great-grandfather was an actor on stage and in vaudeville. She attended Galileo High School.

Stage

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Weldon began her career singing in the San Francisco Grand Opera Company chorus. She also sang with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. On Broadway, she appeared in Kean.

She sang at the opening of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, in 1964.

After working in film and television, she resumed her career as a singer in road company productions including The Music Man and Oklahoma!. Weldon retired in 1980.

Radio

In 1953, Weldon appeared as the soprano soloist on a broadcast of The Standard Hour on NBC radio.

Film

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Weldon's film debut came in the 1953 film The System. Although her background was singing in operas, The System and her next two films, So This Is Love and Rear Guard, all had her in non-singing roles.

She became a contract actress with Warner Bros. where she remained until her contract ended in 1954. Her most prominent film was the cult thriller Them!

Television

Weldon had a brief television career in the 1950s. Her first appearance in 1955 was in an episode of The Millionaire, starring Marvin Miller. She made three appearances on Lux Video Theater in various roles. She also played Marian Keats in the title role of the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Angry Mourner" in 1957. Her final television appearance was in 1958 on Shirley Temple Theater.

In 1955, Weldon was one of the regular singers on the syndicated program This Is Your Music.

Filmography

Actress
1958
Home Before Dark as
Frances Barrett
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Amelia
- The Little Lame Prince (1958) - Amelia
1958
Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
- Design for Glory (1958)
1958
Maverick (TV Series) as
Grace Wheeler
- Plunder of Paradise (1958) - Grace Wheeler
1958
Colt .45 (TV Series) as
Edith Murrow
- Circle of Fear (1958) - Edith Murrow
1958
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) as
Faye Hollister
- The Singer (1958) - Faye Hollister
1958
Day of the Bad Man as
Myra Owens
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Marion Keats
- The Case of the Angry Mourner (1957) - Marion Keats
1957
Cheyenne (TV Series) as
Nellie Merritt
- The Conspirators (1957) - Nellie Merritt
1957
Gunsight Ridge as
Molly Jones
1954
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Anne / Patricia Dean
- It Started with Eve (1956) - Anne
- Miracle at the Waldorf (1954) - Patricia Dean
1955
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Star Conway
- The Don Lewis Story (1955) - Star Conway
1954
Deep in My Heart as
Performer in 'New Moon'
1954
Them! as
Dr. Patricia Medford
1954
Riding Shotgun as
Orissa Flynn
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma as
Maybelle - Saloon Girl on Porch (uncredited)
1954
The Command as
Martha Cutting
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun as
Shelby Conroy
1953
So This Is Love as
Ruth Obre
1953
The System as
Felice Stuart
Soundtrack
1957
Cheyenne (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Conspirators (1957) - (performer: "Dixie", "Some Sunday Morning")
1955
This Is Your Music (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Salute to Johnny Mercer (1955) - (performer: "Skylark", "And The Angels Sing")
1955
The Millionaire (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Don Lewis Story (1955) - (performer: "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" - uncredited)
1954
Deep in My Heart (performer: "Lover, Come Back To Me")
Self
1955
This Is Your Music (TV Series) as
Self - Host / Self - Singer
- A Salute to Johnny Mercer (1955) - Self - Singer
- USO Entertainment (1955) - Self - Host
- Mississippi Showboat (1955) - Self - Host
- Europe (1955) - Self - Host
1953
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Self - Intermission Guest
- The Small Glass Bottle (1954) - Self - Intermission Guest
- Anniversary (1953) - Self - Intermission Guest
Archive Footage
2021
TCM Remembers 2021 (TV Special) as
Self / actress
2008
American Masters (TV Series documentary) as
Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story - Part 1 (2008) - Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford
2005
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV Movie documentary) as
Dr. Patricia Medford (uncredited)
1979
The Horror Show (TV Movie documentary)

References

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