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'''Joan Hackett''' (March_1, 1934 - October_8, 1983) was a New_York_City-born American actress of Irish and Italian extraction, who appeared on stage, in films and on television.
Her immigrant parents, both of whom died of cancer, raised her Roman Catholic and sent her to Catholic schools, which she did not always attend punctually. Hackett debuted with the role of Gail Prentiss in the TV series ''Young Dr. Malone'' (1958) in 1959.
She had a leading role in the Twilight_Zone episode ''A Piano in the House'' (1962). She had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney_Lumet film ''The_Group'' along with Candice_Bergen, Larry_Hagman, Richard_Mulligan, Joanna_Pettet, and others.
One of the roles she's best remembered for, perhaps, is the role of Catherine Allen in the western ''Will_Penny'' (1968) with Charlton_Heston. Hackett also has a notable part in the classic Western comedy ''Support_Your_Local_Sheriff!'' (1969) with James_Garner. After this she primarily had parts in TV movies and on episodes of TV series.
Hackett won the Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress_-_Motion_Picture and was nominated for the Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress for her performance in the 1981 movie ''Only When I Laugh'', the last movie she made before her death.
She was married to the late actor Richard_Mulligan, who also appeared in the movie ''The_Group'', from 1965 to 1973. (1)
Joan Hackett lost her battle against Ovarian_cancer at Encino Hospital in California in 1983 at the age of 49. She is interred in a crypt in the Mausoleum in the Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Her crypt marker carries an epitaph relating to her love of "beauty" sleep, admonishing visitors to "Go Away - I'm Asleep."
==Partial Filmography==
1966 The Group
1968 Will_Penny
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1973 The Last of Sheila
1977 Dead of Night
1981 Only_When_I_Laugh
==Selected TV Guest Appearances==
1962 ''The_Twilight_Zone'' (1959) playing "Esther Fortune" in episode: "A Piano in the House" (episode # 3.22) 16 February
1962 ''Gunsmoke'' (1955) playing "Mady Arthur" in episode: "The Widow" (episode # 7.25) 24 March
1963 ''Combat!'' (1962) playing "Gabrille" in episode: "The Chateau" (episode # 1.19) 12 February
1965 ''Bonanza'' (1959) playing "Margarita Miguel" in episode: "Woman of Fire" (episode # 6.17) 17 January
1979 ''Trapper_John,_M.D.'' (1979) playing "Wilma" in episode: "The Surrogate" (episode # 1.10) 23 December
==External link==
*{{imdb name|id=0352466|name=Joan Hackett}}
*Biography from various sources
*All Movie Guide Review of her episode of The Twilight Zone
*Review of her episode of Combat!
*All Movie Guide Plot sypnosis of her 1965 Bonanza episode
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