Joanne Linville (January 15, 1928 – June 20, 2021) was an American actress. She later taught at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles.

Early life Linville was born in Bakersfield, California, on January 15, 1928. She attended high school in Long Beach, California, and worked as an oral surgeon's assistant before studying acting. While she studied with Stella Adler, she danced professionally to pay her tuition.

Career Acting Linville's motion-picture credits include The Goddess (1958), Scorpio (1973), Gable and Lombard (1976), A Star Is Born (1976), The Seduction (1982), and James Dean (2001).

In 1959, Linville appeared on the CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light as Amy Sinclair, a runaway drug addict whose daughter was nearly taken from her as part of an illegal adoption scam ring. Linville starred in two television presentations of One Step Beyond— as Aunt Mina in the episode "The Dead Part of the House" (1959) and as Karen Wadsworth in the episode "A Moment of Hate" (1960).

In 1961, she starred in the Twilight Zone episode "The Passersby". Also in 1961, she was in the second episode of The Defenders with William Shatner.

In 1968, Linville guest-starred as an unnamed Romulan commander (retroactively named Liviana Charvanek in printed materials) in Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident". This role earned Linville cult status and remains her best-known performance.

Linville's other television appearances include Decoy (in the premiere episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun Will Travel, Coronado 9, Checkmate, Adventures in Paradise, Empire, Gunsmoke (three episodes), Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Route 66, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Bonanza, The Fugitive, The F.B.I. (two episodes), The Invaders (two episodes), Felony Squad, Hawaii Five-O (three episodes), Kojak, Columbo: Candidate for Crime, The Streets of San Francisco (two episodes), Barnaby Jones, Switch, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, Mrs. Columbo, Dynasty, and L.A. Law.

Linville appeared in the made-for-TV movies House on Greenapple Road (and the resulting series Dan August) (1970), Secrets (1977), The Critical List (1978), The Users (1978), and The Right of the People (1986).Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made for Television: The Telefeature and the Mini-Series 1964-1986, pp. 88, 190, 351, 367, 434 Linville played the mother of Janine Turner's character in Behind the Screen.Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946-Present (4th edition). New York, Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 70 Linville and George Grizzard starred in "I Kiss Your Shadow", the final episode of the television series Bus Stop.

Linville portrayed Valeria in the Broadway production Daughter of Silence (1961). Linville played gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in the television movie James Dean (2001), directed by her former husband Mark Rydell, who also played Jack L. Warner.

Writing and teaching Linville retired from acting in the 1980s to concentrate on teaching. She taught "The Power of Language" course at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles in 1985. One of her students was Mark Ruffalo, who wrote that she "does not theorise about great acting. She is great acting".

Personal life Linville was married to actor/director Mark Rydell from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. Linville had two children with Rydell: Amy and Christopher, both actors. Her daughter Amy Rydell reprised her mother's role as Romulan commander Charvanek on episodes 10 and 11 of fan production Star Trek Continues.

Linville was also an amateur tennis player, and appeared at charity events where people were invited to pay $100 to challenge her in a game.

Linville died on June 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, aged 93.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1950 Copper Canyon Showgirl Uncredited1958 The Goddess Joanna 1973 Scorpio Sarah Cross 1976 Gable and Lombard Ria Gable A Star Is Born Freddie 1982 The Seduction Dr. Weston 2005 Beyond Lovely Voice over Short film

Television +Television Year Title Role Notes1954–58 Studio One Various roles 6 episodes1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Gwyneth Episode: "Gwyneth"1957 The Alcoa Hour Daisy Sage Episode: "The Animal Kingdom"Decoy Molly Orchid Episode: "Stranglehold"Robert Montgomery Presents Episode: "Return Visit"1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Millie Manners Season 3 Episode 36: "The Safe Place"Kraft Television Theatre Pat Colson Episode: "Killer's Choice"The United States Steel Hour Martha Purvis Episode: "Old Marshals Never Die"Suspicion Lois Episode: "Someone Is After Me"1959 Guiding Light Amy Sinclair The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen Episode: "Bury Me Deep"The Third Man Marguerite Episode: "Confessions of an Honest Man"Playhouse 90June Episode: "In Lonely Expectation"The DuPont Show of the Month Antonia Episode: "I, Don Quixote"Deadline Peg Joyce Episode: "Charm Boy"One Step Beyond Aunt Minna Boswell Episode: "The Dead Part of the House"1960 Hotel de Paree Jennifer Wheatley Episode: "Sundance and the Barren Soil"Have Gun – Will Travel Maggie Episode: "Saturday Night"1961 Gunsmoke Beulah Parker Episode: "Old Yellow Boots" Our American HeritageAlice Hathaway Roosevelt Episode: "The Invincible Teddy" The Twilight Zone Lavinia Episode: "The Passersby" 1962 Bus StopDonna Gibson Episode: "I Kiss Your Shadow" Gunsmoke Susan Bart Episode: "The Ditch"1963 The Dick Powell Show Aura Tomlin Episode: "Everybody Loves Sweeney"1966 Bonanza Maggie Dowling Episode: "The Bridegroom"1967The Invaders Angela Smith Episode: "Moonshot"1968 Professor Pat Reed Episode: "The Pit"Star Trek Romulan Commander Episode: "The Enterprise Incident" 1969 Judd, for the Defense Paula Miles 2 episodes Hawaii Five-0 Dr. C.L. Fremont 2 Episodes: "Once Upon a Time, part 1" and "Once Upon a Time, part 2" 1970 House on Greenapple Road Connie Durstine TV movie Hawaii Five-0 Camilla Carver Kiss the Queen Goodbye 1973 Columbo Vickie Hayward Episode: "Candidate for Crime" The Streets of San Francisco Rosemary Episode: "Before I Die"1974 Martha Howard Episode: "One Chance to Live" 1979 Barnaby Jones Mimi Nettleson Chiles 2 episodesCharlie's Angels Maggie Brill Episode: "Angels Go Truckin"Mrs. Columbo Paula Episode: "Falling Star"1981 Behind the Screen Zina Willow Episode: "Pilot"1982–83 Dynasty Claire Maynard 2 episodes1986 The Right of the People Rosalind TV movie1988 L.A. Law Rona Samuels Episode: "Romancing the Drone"1989 From the Dead of Night Dr. Ann Morgan TV movie2001 James Dean Hedda HopperTV movie2016 Starship Excelsior The Delegate Episode: "Tomorrow's Excelsior"

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