Joan Goodfellow
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Joan Goodfellow (born February 2, 1950) is an American actress and singer who appeared on stage, screen, and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Best known for her performance in Buster and Billie (1974), she also appeared in the TV-movies Returning Home (1975) and Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979). Her final film was Victor Nuñez's A Flash of Green in 1984. On stage, she was part of the original cast of Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues (1985).
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Born | Martha Joan Goodfellow (1950-02-02) February 2, 1950 (age 74) |
Occupation(s) | Film, television, stage actress; singer (mezzo-soprano) |
Years active | 1972-present |
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Children | Daniel Steed Faircloth |
Martha Joan Goodfellow was born February 2, 1950, in Wilmington, Delaware. Her parents were the late Millard Preston Goodfellow and Allene Leach Goodfellow. She attended Brandywine High School, participating in theater arts productions, including The King and I, in which she sang and acted the role of Anna.[1] She also performed in Beauty and the Beast just before her graduation in 1968.[2] Two years later, she appeared with other Wilmington high-school alumni to stage a production of Cabaret. Concerning Goodfellow's performance, a local drama critic wrote that "her singing is strong and sure...it seemed that the audience recognized her with the loudest applause."[3]