Joan Tetzel

Joan Tetzel

Born: June 21, 1921
Died: October 31, 1977
in New York City, New York, USA
Aside from her movie career, Joan Tetzel was well known as a Broadway and London stage actress. She played nurse Ratchett in the Broadway

edition of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." During the early

seventies, she appeared in the London play, "How The Other Half Loves."

During this period, she had a running part in the TV series

"Policewoman." As a noted stage actress, her picture appeared on the

front cover of Life Magazine on February 14, 1948. She died in Sussex

England from cancer.

Movies for Joan Tetzel...

Joy in the Morning
Title: Joy in the Morning
Character: Beverly Karter
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country - and Carl's parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he's at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl's angry parents, Carl's jealousy, and Annie's own problems with her sexuality.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Marian Stuart
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Tilda Durbin
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Hell Below Zero
Title: Hell Below Zero
Character: Judie Nordhal
Released: January 13, 1954
Type: Movie
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Erik Bland, son of her father's partner and her one-time lover. Duncan and Erik find themselves on rival whaleboats and, ultimately, on an ice floe.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Pamela Blackwell Marshall
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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The Paradine Case
Title: The Paradine Case
Character: Judy Flaquer
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.
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Duel in the Sun
Title: Duel in the Sun
Character: Helen Langford
Released: December 31, 1946
Type: Movie
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.