Joan Staley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.2564

Gender

Female

Birthday

20-May-1940

Age

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As
  • Joan Lynette McConchie

Joan Staley

Biography

Lovely Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three years old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent was obvious. She soon joined a baby orchestra in Los Angeles and, within a few years, became a Junior Symphony performer at age six. She also made her unbilled specialty debut on film as a child violinist in The Emperor Waltz (1948), starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine. Her father's business had the family traveling throughout Europe growing up but she later relocated to California and briefly enrolled at Chapman College in the Los Angeles area. Becoming a stunning, statuesque beauty, she re-directed herself back to a career in show business, singing backup on records for Sam Phillips and working as a secretary to make ends meet while appearing in local L.A. stage productions. In 1958, she was approached by a photographer and eventually posed for Playboy magazine, becoming November's centerfold. The attention warranted her an MGM contract and cheesecake bit parts came her way with such movies as Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). She appeared front-and-center à la Raquel Welch as a scantily-clad prehistoric turn-on in Valley of the Dragons (1961), but nothing much came of it. Following her perky love interests in the mediocre western Gunpoint (1966), starring Audie Murphy, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), a Don Knotts comedy film, and guest appearances on such TV shows as "Rango," "Pistols and Petticoats, "Mission: Impossible," "Ironside" and "Adam-12," Joan's career went on hiatus after a horse-riding accident. Briefly married to Chuck Staley, her second husband is former Universal exec Dale Sheets. Twins were born to them, a boy and girl, on March 24, 1971. Since then, with the exception of a brief appearance on an episode of "Dallas" in 1982, Joan remained with family life and other outside pursuits. She died on November 24, 2019. - IMDb mini biography by: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net


Credits

Who Killed Julie Greer? Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961) Character: Ann Farmer
Amos Burke is an L.A. cop who's inherited millions and usually arrives at crime scenes in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. Investigating the death of actress Julie Greer, he finds lots of suspects - but the killer's identity surprises him.
Dondi Dondi (1961) Character: Sally
World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.
Roustabout Roustabout (1964) Character: Marge
After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
A Golightly Gathering A Golightly Gathering (2009) Character: Self
A Golightly Gathering reunites the players of the cocktail party sequence of Breakfast at Tiffany's It features the surviving actors that appeared in the cocktail party sequence of that iconic movie while having their like-minded reunion some 48 years later.
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969) Character: Ginny
Jim Phelps leads the IMF on an assignment to destroy a criminal empire headed by Frank Wayne.
Gun Fight Gun Fight (1961) Character: Nora Blaine
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.
Johnny Cool Johnny Cool (1963) Character: Suzy Blakely
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
Breakfast at Tiffany's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Character: Blonde in Cream Dress (uncredited)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Kisses for My President Kisses for My President (1964) Character: Blonde (uncredited)
A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) Character: Alma Parker
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
Valley of the Dragons Valley of the Dragons (1961) Character: Deena
In 1881 Algeria, an American soldier and a French aristocrat are about to have a duel over a woman when a comet hurtling past the Earth draws them into its gravitational pull. The men find themselves transported to the moon, where they discover a prehistoric civilization inhabited by reptiles and humans.
Kissin' Cousins Kissin' Cousins (1964) Character: Jonesy (uncredited)
Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.
Cape Fear Cape Fear (1962) Character: Waitress
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
The Ladies Man The Ladies Man (1961) Character: Working Girl
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?
A New Kind of Love A New Kind of Love (1963) Character: Danish Stewardess
A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.
Ocean's Eleven Ocean's Eleven (1960) Character: Helen (uncredited)
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Gunpoint Gunpoint (1966) Character: Uvalde / Bonnie Mitchell
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.



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