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Joanna Pettet

Highest Rated: 80% Robbery (1967)

Lowest Rated: 26% Casino Royale (1967)

Birthday: Nov 16, 1942

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Lovely golden-haired actress Joanna Pettet got her start working on Broadway in the 1960s, but it was her feature film debut in Sidney Lumet's controversial film "The Group," based on Mary McCarthy's bestselling novel, that propelled her into the spotlight. More work quickly piled up. She starred opposite Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif in the World War II thriller "The Night of the Generals"; played James Bond's daughter in the all-star spoof "Casino Royale"; and co-starred with Terence Stamp in the cult Western "Blue." Over the next couple of decades, she continued to work in film, guest starred on television shows like the drama series "Fantasy Island," the romantic comedy series "The Love Boat," and became a regular on the CBS primetime soap "Knots Landing." Outside of her film and television career, Pettet gained some notoriety when she posed for Playboy magazine in 1968, not something working actresses did at the time. She was also a close friend of actress Sharon Tate and had a brush with death, having visited at her friend's home just hours before Tate was murdered (along with four others) by so-called Manson Family members. This was the second time that Pettet had lost friends to violence. In 1963, two close friends were stabbed to death in New York City. Tragedy would strike again in 1995, when her 26-year-old son died of a heroin overdose.

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Highest rated movies

80% 78% Robbery
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75% 59% The Group
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43% 71% The Night of the Generals
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26% 34% Casino Royale
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80% Captains and the Kings
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40% Othello, the Black Commando
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The Best House in London
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A Killer in Every Corner
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0% Pioneer Woman
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The Dark Side of Innocence
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Terror in Paradise Dr. Fletcher (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Catch a Pebble Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 40% Othello, the Black Commando Desdemona (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 4% Double Exposure Mindy Jordache (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 22% Cry of the Innocent Cynthia Donegin/Candia Leighton (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Frank Cannon Alana Richardson (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Heaven's Sake Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 34% The Evil Dr. Caroline Arnold (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sex and the Married Woman Leslie Fitch (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 80% Captains and the Kings Unknown (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dark Side of Innocence Jesse Breton (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Killer in Every Corner Sylvia Dee (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Desperate Miles Ruth Merrick (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Appointment With a Killer Jody Baxter (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 67% Welcome to Arrow Beach Grace Henry (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Cry in the Wilderness Delda Hadley (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 0% Pioneer Woman Maggie Sergeant (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Delphi Bureau April Thompson (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Phoenix Christine Verdon (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Weekend Nun Sister Mary Damian/Marjorie Walker (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Footsteps Sarah Allison (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best House in London Josephine Pacefoot (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 45% Blue Joanne Morton (Character) - 1968
26% 34% Casino Royale Mata Bond (Character) - 1967
43% 71% The Night of the Generals Ulrike (Character) - 1967
80% 78% Robbery Kate Clifton (Character) - 1967
75% 59% The Group Kay (Character) - 1966

TV

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No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Virginia McCormack (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1984-1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finder of Lost Loves Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Joanna St. John (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1980 1982-1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Betsy (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Barbara Brown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Glenna Burns /Beth Lord (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1974-1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Unknown (Character) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Melissa Thompson (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1970-1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Christine Verdon (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Cindy Warren (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Shenandoah Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Tina Anderson (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trials of O'Brien Liz Martin (Guest Star) 1965