Joyce Taylor

• Name — Joyce Taylor • Birth Name — Joyce Crowder • Born — 14 September 1937 • Birthplace — Taylorville, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 2024 1 • Place of death — Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. • Other Names — Joyce Bradley • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1953–1971 • Spouse — Edward Bellinson (m. married 1961; div. divorced 19??) Richard Hinnant (m. married 19??)

Born in Taylorville, Illinois on September 14, 1937, she based her stage name on her hometown. A coal miner's daughter, she attended public schools in Taylorville and was the top baton twirler at Taylorville High School. Her performance in a school talent show led to a recording contract.

• Illustration — Taylor in an episode of Lock-Up (1959) Taylor sang in amateur shows at age 10 and turned professional at age 15, signing with Mercury Records (billed as Joyce Bradley). When she was 16, she was singing at Chez Paree nightclub in Chicago and other similar venues. She was under contract to Howard Hughes-owned RKO Pictures in the 1950s, but he only allowed her to act in one movie (a small part in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in 1956). When her seven-year contract ended, she became a regular on the science-fiction adventure TV series Men into Space (1959–1960) as well as acted in many other TV shows and several feature films.

Taylor married stockbroker Edward Bellinson. She later married Richard Hinnant. Taylor died in Fort Collins, Colorado in January 2024, at the age of 87.

• 1958: The Real McCoys • 1958: 77 Sunset Strip • 1959: Sea Hunt • 1959: Lawman • 1959: Lock-Up • 1959: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet • 1959: The Gale Storm Show • 1959–1960: Men into Space • 1960: Bat Masterson (episode: “Cattle and Canes” as Rancher Jane Taylor) • 1960: The Untouchables • 1960–1962: Tales of Wells Fargo • 1962: Bonanza (episode: "The War Comes to Washoe" as Morvath Terry) • 1962: Wagon Train • 1963: 13 Frightened Girls • 1964: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. • 1964–1965: The Littlest Hobo

Joyce Taylor is recorded as actress.