Joan Banks 10.30.1918 - 01.18.1998 (80 years old)

Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 – January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actress (described as "a soapbox queen"),[2] who often appeared in dramas with her husband, Frank Lovejoy. Some of her radio apparances include Bringing Up Father,Buck Private and His Girl, Gangbusters,Her Honor, Nancy James,John's Other Wife,My Friend Irma,The Home of the Brave,The O'Neills, and This Day Is Ours. She became better known in the 1950s and early 1960s for her many appearances as a supporting actress in films such as My Pal Gus. n 1972, Banks appeared in the CBS movie Return to Peyton Place.[16] She made five appearances on Perry Mason, including four roles as the murderer: in 1957, she played Karen Alder in "The Case of the Negligent Nymph"; in 1960, she played Mrs. Joseph Manley in "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys"; in 1961, she played Rhonda Houseman in "The Case of the Left-Handed Liar"; and in 1964, she played Nellie Conway in "The Case of the Woeful Widower". She also made four appearances on National Velvet, and single appearances on shows such as Ford Theatre,[17] Alfred Hitchcock Presents,[2] I Love Lucy, Private Secretary, Date with the Angels, The Rough Riders, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Bewitched, and two appearances on Hazel. She appeared in the following 1 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater