Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 – January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage and radio actress who often appeared in dramas with her husband, Frank Lovejoy.

Contents 1 Radio 2 Films and television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Radio

Born in Petersburg, West Virginia, Banks became a regular on the 1930s radio series Gangbusters, with weekly episodes based on real criminal incidents. She married fellow Gangbusters actor Lovejoy. The couple had two children (a boy and a girl).

[edit] Films and television

Banks began her Hollywood career with small roles in such films as Cry Danger (1951) and Washington Story (1952). She became better known in the 1950s and early 1960s for her many appearances as a supporting actor on various television series, with appearances on I Love Lucy, Private Secretary, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Rough Riders, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Perry Mason and Hazel.

On October 2, 1962, Lovejoy died of a heart attack while the two were appearing in a New Jersey stage production of The Best Man.^[1] Her career in radio continued after her work in television subsided, and she appeared in 33 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater from 1974 to 1980.

Banks died in Los Angeles, California on January 18, 1998 of lung cancer. She is buried with Lovejoy at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Joan Banks at the Internet Movie Database
• Joan Banks at Allmovie