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Joan Evans

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Joan Evans

Born July 18, 1934 · New York, New York, USA

Died October 21, 2023 · aged 89

Joan Evans (July 18, 1934 - October 21, 2023) was an American film actress. Her first film was Roseanna McCoy, based on the real-life romance between two members of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. She gained the role after producer Samuel Goldwyn conducted a national talent search. She was only fourteen years old when she started work on Roseanna McCoy and her parents added two years to her age so she c…

Known For

No Name on the BulletNo Name on the Bullet · 1959
No Name on the Bullet
★ 6.61959
MovieActionThriller
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
It Grows on TreesIt Grows on Trees · 1952
It Grows on Trees
★ 8.41952
MovieComedyRomance
The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxter acquires two mysterious trees that got into a nursery shipment by mistake. They turn out to be money trees. After initial problems, Polly decides to spend the money.
Edge of DoomEdge of Doom · 1950
Edge of Doom
★ 6.11950
MovieCrimeDrama
A Catholic priest finds himself investigating the murder of his colleague.
The OutcastThe Outcast · 1954
The Outcast
★ 6.71954
MovieWestern
Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear his name. The two women in Jet's life are Judy Polsen, who chases him for so long that he finally catches her, and Alice Austin, Major Cosgrave's fianee.
Column SouthColumn South · 1953
Column South
★ 6.21953
MovieWestern
In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.
Skirts Ahoy!Skirts Ahoy! · 1952
Skirts Ahoy!
★ 5.81952
MovieComedy
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Our Very OwnOur Very Own · 1950
Our Very Own
★ 5.91950
MovieDrama
During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
Roseanna McCoyRoseanna McCoy · 1949
Roseanna McCoy
★ 6.11949
MovieDrama
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance rekindles a long-standing feud between their respective families.

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