Joan Freeman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Joan Freeman born January 8 1942 is an American actress Freeman was a child actor having appeared in her first film in 1949 at the age of seven In 19611962 she was a regular cast member the young waitress Elma Gahrigner in the ABC TV series Bus Stop with costars Marilyn Maxwell and Buddy Ebsen In this early segment of her career Miss Freeman played the part of Marilyn Hayes in the doom and gloom classic film of 1962 called Panic in Year Zero alongside veteran film stars Ray Milland Jean Hagen and singer teenage heartthrob Frankie Avalon Avalon and she were rumored to have been an item during filming but that was never confirmed or denied Freeman appeared as tourist guide Amelia Carter in The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze However she is best known for her roles in two musical films In 1964 she was the love interest of Elvis Presley in Roustabout and in 1967 with Roy Orbison in The Fastest Guitar Alive Also in 1967 she appeared as the love interest opposite Don Knotts in the Cold War spacerace comedy The Reluctant Astronaut In 1977 she costarred as Barbara Robinson in the 13episode CBS series Code R about the emergency services fire police and ocean rescue in the California Channel Islands Tom Simcox played her husband police chief Walt Robinson Other costars were James Houghton and Martin Kove The program was seen as an imitation of NBCs longrunning Emergency Freeman also made a number of guest appearances on different television shows from the 1950s through the 1980s She appeared on the popular series The Virginian four times Her last motion picture performance came as Mrs Jarvis in the 1984 horror film Friday the 13th The Final Chapter Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Freeman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia