Joan Vohs | |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1927 |
Birth Place: | St. Albans, Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Othername: | Joan Vohs Stephens Elinor Joan Vohs |
Occupation: | Actress, model |
Yearsactive: | 1949–1969 |
Children: | 2 |
Joan Vohs (July 30, 1927 – June 4, 2001) was an American model and film and television actress.[1] [2]
Vohs was a native of St. Albans, Queens, in New York City,[3] the daughter of Mr. and Mrs William Vohs, who also had two younger daughters.[4] [5]
She danced with The Rockettes before becoming an actress.[6] She later danced with Agnes DeMille's troupe and became a Connover model.[4] [7]
Vohs made her movie debut in Girls School for Columbia Pictures.[4] She was an occasional hostess on the program Faith of Our Children.[8]
She appeared on several episodes of Fireside Theater[4] and on Bachelor Father, Family Affair, Maverick, and Perry Mason, among other programs.
Vohs married John Stephens in 1952. They had one son, William, and one daughter, Laurie.[9] She was an active Sunday school teacher.[10]
Vohs died on June 4, 2001, of heart failure in Tarzana, California, aged 73.[11] [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1949 | My Dream Is Yours | Party Guest | Uncredited | |
1949 | The Girl from Jones Beach | Model | Uncredited | |
1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Model | Uncredited | |
1949 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Mrs. Flugeldorfer | ||
1949 | The Inspector General | Peasant Girl | Uncredited | |
1950 | Dangerous Inheritance | |||
1950 | Girls' School | Jane Ellen | ||
1950 | County Fair | Phyllis | Uncredited | |
1951 | Royal Wedding | Dancer in Haiti Number | Uncredited | |
1951 | As You Were | Sgt. Peggy P. Hopper | ||
1951 | I'll See You In My Dreams | Chorine | Uncredited | |
1953 | The Girl in Room 17 | Vicke Webb | ||
1953 | Fort Ti | Fortune Mallory | ||
1953 | Vice Squad | Vickie Webb | ||
1953 | Crazylegs | Ruth Stahmer | ||
1954 | Sabrina | Gretchen Van Horn | ||
1954 | Cry Vengeance | Lily Arnold | ||
1955 | Fort Yuma | Melanie Crown | ||
1956 | Terror at Midnight | Susan Lang | ||
1957 | Lure of the Swamp | Cora Payne |