Joan Hackett (1 March 1934 - 8 October 1983) American actress.

Hackett debuted with the role of Gail Prentiss in the TV series Young Dr. Malone (1958) in 1959. She had a leading role in the Twilight Zone episode A Piano in the House (1962). She had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group along with Candice Bergen and others. One of the roles she's best remembered for, perhaps, is the role of Catherine Allen in the western Will Penny (1968) with Charlton Heston. Hackett also has a notable part in the classic western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with James Garner. After this she, primarily, had parts in TV movies.

Hackett won a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for the movie Only When I Laugh in 1982.

Joan Hackett lost the battle against cancer at Encino Hospital, 1983.

Partial Filmography

1966 The Group

1968 Will Penny

1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!

1973 The Last of Sheila

1977 Dead of Night

1981 Only When I Laugh

Selected TV Guest Appearances

1962 The Twilight Zone (1959) playing "Esther Fortune" in episode: "A Piano in the House" (episode # 3.22) 16 February

1962 Gunsmoke (1955) playing "Mady Arthur" in episode: "The Widow" (episode # 7.25) 24 March

1963 Combat! (1962) playing "Gabrille" in episode: "The Chateau" (episode # 1.19) 12 February

1965 Bonanza (1959) playing "Margarita Miguel" in episode: "Woman of Fire" (episode # 6.17) 17 January

1979 Trapper John, M.D. (1979) playing "Wilma" in episode: "The Surrogate" (episode # 1.10) 23 December

External Links

IMDB entry

Biography from various sources

All Movie Guide Review of her episode of The Twilight Zone

Review of her episode of Combat!

All Movie Guide Plot sypnosis of her 1965 Bonanza episode