Joan Marshall

• Name — Joan Marshall • Birth Name — Joan Schrepferman • Born — 6 June 1931 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 28 June 1992 • Place of death — Montego Bay, Jamaica • Other Names — Jean Arless Joan Marshall Ashby Joan Ashby Joan Marshall Bartfield Joan Bartfield • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1945–1975 • Children — 2

She was born Joan Schrepferman on June 6, 1931 in Chicago, where she was raised. When she was 17, she had polio that paralyzed her face, neck, spine, and vocal cords, leaving her temporarily unable to speak. She began her career performing as a chorus girl in Chicago clubs and then as a showgirl in Las Vegas.

After appearing as a dancer in The Chicago Kid (1945) and in a part in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel playing Sheriff Quinn's daughter Molly in S1 E26 "Birds of a Feather" (1958), she moved to California around 1959. In 1959, she reprised the Lauren Bacall role of Sailor Duval in the short-lived television series version of the syndicated radio series Bold Venture. During the 1960s, Marshall frequently guest-starred on various television series, including Tales of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Gunsmoke, and The Jack Benny Program. She appeared in the films Homicidal (using the stage name Jean Arless) and Tammy and the Doctor opposite Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda. Marshall also appeared in the 15-minute unaired pilot of The Munsters as Phoebe Munster (who strongly resembled Morticia Addams). Before the series was picked up, The Munsters was retooled and Marshall was replaced by actress Yvonne De Carlo. Marshall continued guest-starring in episodic television throughout the 1960s before her last role in the 1975 film Shampoo with Warren Beatty. She also worked as Barbra Streisand's personal assistant on her self-produced 1976 film A Star Is Born.

Marshall was married five times. She had two children with her first two husbands. Marshall's third marriage was to director Hal Ashby in August 1969; she divorced him a year later in 1970, and married for a fourth time to Jeffrey A. Stein in 1978, whom she also divorced. In 1990 she married for a fifth time, this time to executive Mel Bartfield. She bought property in Jamaica. She died there of lung cancer at age 61 on June 28, 1992.

Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1945 — The Chicago Kid — Dancer — uncredited • 1958 — Live Fast, Die Young — Judy Tobin • 1961 — Homicidal — Emily/Warren — credited as Jean Arless • 1963 — Tammy and the Doctor — Vera Parker, Nurse • 1964 — Looking for Love — Miss Devine • 1967 — The Happiest Millionaire — Maid — uncredited • 1968 — The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit — Mimsey • 1969 — The Great Sex War — Make Love Not War • 1975 — Shampoo — Mrs. Schumann Television • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1957 — Alcoa Theatre — Rita Benson — Episode: "Souvenir" • 1958 — Have Gun - Will Travel — Molly — Episode: "Birds of a Feather" • 1958 — Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Lisa Greer — Episode: "Play Belles' Toll" • 1958 — The Millionaire — Helen Rawlings — Episode: "The Jack Garrison Story" • 1958 — Tombstone Territory — Laura Coleman — Episode: "Fight for a Fugitive" • 1958 — Highway Patrol — Alice Carter — Episode: "Hostage" • 1958 — Bat Masterson — Laura Hopkins — Episode: "Stampede at Tent City" • 1958 — The Rough Riders — Lydia Kimbrough — Episode: "The Governor" • 1958, 1961 — Maverick — Various roles — 2 episodes • 1959 — Bold Venture — Sailor Duval — Main cast • 1960 — M Squad — Karen Tinsley — Episode: "Needle in a Haystack" • 1960 — Men into Space — Lorrie Sigmund — Episode: "Flash in the Sky" • 1960 — Lawman — Lady Belle Smythe — Episode: "The Lady Belle" • 1960 — Bourbon Street Beat — Amanda Hale — Episode: "Last Exit" • 1960 — Hennesey — Consuelo Maddox — Episode: "The Marriage of Dr. Blair" • 1960–1961 — Dante — Various roles — 2 episodes • 1960–1961 — Bronco — Various roles — 3 episodes • 1960–1962 — Surfside 6 — Various roles — 3 episodes • 1960, 1962 — 77 Sunset Strip — Various roles — 2 episodes • 1960–1963 — Hawaiian Eye — Various roles — 3 episodes • 1961 — Michael Shayne — Randy Hobbes — Episode: "Murder 'Round My Wrist" • 1961 — Tales of Wells Fargo — Lisa Lindsay — Episode: "The Barefoot Bandit" • 1961 — The Detectives — Various roles — 2 episodes • 1961 — The Roaring 20's — Carla — 2 episodes • 1962 — The Twilight Zone — Wilma — Episode: "Dead Man's Shoes" • 1962 — Follow the Sun — Winifred — Episode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo" • 1962 — Gunsmoke — Emma — Episode: "Wagon Girls" • 1962 — Alcoa Premiere — Rhoda Traynor — Episode: "Guest In the House" • 1963–1964 — The Jack Benny Program — Various roles — 2 episodes • 1964 — Petticoat Junction — Lucy Wayne — Episode: "Visit from a Big Star" • 1964 — The Munsters — Phoebe Munster — Unaired pilot • 1965 — The F.B.I. — Elizabeth Gowan — Episode: "The Insolents" • 1966 — Laredo — Miss Ivy Vine — Episode: "Limit of the Law Larkin" • 1966 — Dr. Kildare — Charlene Ross — 2 episodes • 1967 — The Road West — Judith Devery — Episode: "The Predators" • 1967 — Star Trek — Lt. Areel Shaw — Episode: "Court Martial" • 1967 — I Spy — Ellie — Episode: "Casanova from Canarsie" • 1967 — Bonanza — Millie Perkins — Episode: "A Man Without Land"

Her recorded language was English. She married Hal Ashby.