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Joyce Jameson (born Joyce Beverly Kingsley; September 26, 1927 – January 16, 1987) was an American actress, known for many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as Skippy, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show as well as "the Blonde" in the Academy Award -winning The Apartment (1960).
Joyce Jameson. Actress: The Outlaw Josey Wales. Well-endowed, attractive Joyce Jameson was typecast as "broads," "dames," and dizzy blondes -- somewhat in the vein of Barbara Nichols. In real life, she was said, like such other ditzy blondes as Judy Holliday and Jayne Mansfield, to have been the antithesis of her screen personae, a graduate in ...
September 26, 1927 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. January 16, 1987 · Burbank, California, USA (suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills) Birth name. Joyce Beverly Kingsley. Height. 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Bio. Well-endowed, attractive Joyce Jameson was typecast as "broads," "dames," and dizzy blondes -- somewhat in the vein of Barbara Nichols.
Biography. Actress Joyce Jameson made her initial splash as a performer in the musical comedy revues of Billy Barnes (her future husband) in the early 1950s. Her curvaceous figure and platinum blond hair were de rigueur in show business at the time, thanks to the phenomenal stardom of Marilyn Monroe.
Trivia. Joyce Jameson. According to actor Robert Vaughn, who knew her intimately (as stated in his autobiography "A Fortunate Life", St. Martin's Press, 2009), Joyce suffered from bouts of depression, combined with chronic insomnia. One of her closest friends was actor Robert Vaughn.
Joyce Jameson (September 26, 1932 – January 16, 1987) was an American actress. She played sexualized roles at the same time Marilyn Monroe was famous. She played a fun girl named Skippy in the 1960s television program The Andy Griffith Show. She played "The Blonde" in the 1960 Academy Award winning movie The Apartment.
Joyce Jameson was a classic example of the professional "dumb blonde" with a diametrically opposite off-screen personality. Entering films as a chorus member in the 1951 version of Showboat, Jameson honed her musical comedy talents in several satirical revues staged by her onetime husband Billy Barnes. Intelligent, sensitive, and extremely well ...
