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Joan Hackett

Actor

Joan Hackett

Born March 1, 1934 in East Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.Died October 8, 198328 films

Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress of film, stage and television. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for the 1966 film The Group, and starred in the 1967 western Will Penny. She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1981 film Only When I Laugh. She also starred as Christine Mannon in the 1978 PBS miniseries version of Mourning Becomes Electra.

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The Last of Sheila posterFirst watchThe Last of Sheila19737.0as Lee ParkmanA year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the…View film

Essential films

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Support Your Local Sheriff! poster6.9Support Your Local Sheriff!1969Will Penny poster6.7Will Penny1967Dead of Night poster6.1Dead of Night1977The Terminal Man poster5.4The Terminal Man1974

Filmography

28 films as actor
  1. 1983FlicksCapt. Grace
  2. 1982The Escape ArtistAunt Sibyl
  3. 1982Paper DollsJulia Blake
  4. 1982The Long Summer of George AdamsNorma
  5. 1981Only When I LaughToby
  6. 1980One Trick PonyLonnie Fox
  7. 1980The Long Days of SummerMillie Cooper
  8. 1979Pleasure CoveMartha Harrison
  9. 1977The PossessedLouise Gelson
  10. 1977Dead of NightMother
  11. 1977Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?Jessica Hilliard
  12. 1976Treasure of MatecumbeLauriette
  13. 1975Mackintosh and T.J.Maggie
  14. 1974Reflections of MurderClaire Elliott
  15. 1974The Terminal ManDr. Janet Ross
  16. 1973The Last of SheilaLee Parkman
  17. 1973Class of '63Louise Swerner
  18. 1972RivalsChristine
  19. 1972Lights OutSabina the Dollmaker
  20. 1971Five Desperate WomenDorian
  21. 1970The Other ManKathy Maitland
  22. 1970How Awful About AllanOlive
  23. 1970The Young CountryClementine Hale
  24. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Prudy Perkins
  25. 1968Assignment to KillDominique Laurant
  26. 1967Will PennyCatherine Allen
  27. 1966The GroupDottie
  28. 1962Theatre 62: RebeccaThe Second Mrs. de Winter