Joan Hackett
Acting

Joan Hackett

Born 1 March 1934 · East Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S. · Died 8 October 1983

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.

Known for

The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
Support Your Local Sheriff!
The Last of Sheila
Will Penny
The Terminal Man
Dead of Night
Treasure of Matecumbe
The Group
The Possessed
Only When I Laugh
How Awful About Allan
Flicks
Paper Dolls
The Escape Artist
The Long Summer of George Adams
Only When I Laugh
One Trick Pony
The Long Days of Summer
Pleasure Cove
Dead of Night
The Possessed
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Treasure of Matecumbe
Mackintosh and T.J.
The Terminal Man
Reflections of Murder
The Last of Sheila
Class of '63
Rivals
Lights Out
Five Desperate Women
How Awful About Allan
The Young Country
The Other Man
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Assignment to Kill
Will Penny
The Group
Theatre 62: Rebecca
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