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Joan Banks

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Joan Banks Biography Showing all 10 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (4) Overview (3) Born October 30, 1918 in Petersburg, West Virginia, USA Died January 18, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer) Birth Name Joan Elinor Banks Mini Bio (1) Joan Banks was born on October 30, 1918 in Petersburg, West Virginia, USA as Joan Elinor Banks. She was an actress, known for Cry Danger (1951), Hazel (1961) and Mister Cory (1957). She was married to Allan Raymond Johnson and Frank Lovejoy. She died on January 18, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Spouse (2) Allan Raymond Johnson (14 February 1969 - 1979) ( divorced) Frank Lovejoy (1 June 1940 - 2 October 1962) ( his death) ( 2 children) Trivia (4) Banks was a voice-over regular on the popular 1930s radio series "Gangbusters" that featured weekly episodes based actual crime incidents. Each program ended with various descriptions of wanted criminals, many of whom were later arrested due to avid listener participation. She married fellow "Gangbuster" voice-over actor Frank Lovejoy. Between 1974 and 1980, she appeared in 33 episodes of the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater." She used her married name professionally after her marriage to Frank Lovejoy. Her second husband was chairman of the board for Saks Fifth Avenue. Joan Banks Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 – January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actress (described as "a soapbox queen"), who often appeared in dramas with her husband, Frank Lovejoy. Children‎: ‎2 Resting place‎: ‎Holy Cross Cemetery‎, ‎Culver City Born‎: ‎October 30, 1918; ‎Petersburg, West Virginia
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Joan Banks BIRTH 30 Oct 1918 Born in Petersburg, West Virginia or New York, NY (?) DEATH 18 Jan 1998 (aged 79) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA BURIAL Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 4180 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 4 FLOWERS 251 Actress. Born in Petersburg, West Virginia, she became a regular on the 1930s radio series "Gangbusters", where she met and married actor Frank Lovejoy. For feature films, she appeared in dramas with her husband in "Cry Danger" (1951) and "Washington Story" (1952). She became better known as a supporting actor on various television series such as "I Love Lucy", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Roughriders", "Perry Mason" and "Hazel". After her work in television subsided, she appeared in 33 episodes of "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" 1974 to 1980.

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I met her in 1958 at the Warwick Hotel with her husband Frank Lovejoy. She was so warm and friendly and personable and genuinely pleased that I recognized her husband even though I was 15. I didn't know until today that she was actress Joan Banks.

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