Joy Bang is a former American actress best known for her film appearances in the early 1970s.
Early life Bang was born in Kansas City, Missouri and was adopted when she was one month old. She grew up in New York City, where she attended Hunter Elementary School. She attended Boston University for theatre for one year but dropped out, and later worked as a go-go dancer. She married Paul Bang in the late 1960s.
Career
Bang began her career collaborating with underground filmmaker Andrew Meyer in Boston. She would appear in a total of eight films between 1970 and 1973, most notably Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam in 1972.
Bang also appears in a 1971 episode of the Christian TV series Insight entitled "The Party" and on the American television series Room 222 in the 16th episode of the third season, entitled "Where Is It Written?".
Selected filmography + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role1970 Events Joy Maidstone Joy Broom The Kowboys SmittyMission: Impossible, "Flip Side" S5.E2 Girl Brand X Joy Bang The Young Lawyers, "The Two Dollar Thing" S-1 E-3 Chicago The Psychiatrist, "God Bless the Children" (pilot episode) Kendell1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row Rita Red Sky at Morning Corky Medical Center, "The Impostor" S-3 E-3 Peggy Insight, "The Party" S1.E339 Abby Hawaii Five-O, "To Kill or Be Killed" S-3 E-17 Gail Howard1972 Cisco Pike Lynn Night of the Cobra Woman Joanna Room 222, "Where Is It Written?" S-3 E-16 Judy Shore Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Sandra Play It Again, Sam Julie1973 Adam-12, “Killing Ground” S-5 E-18 (№ 120) Susan Danhart Police Story, "Collision Course" S-1 E-6 Gloria Messiah of Evil Toni
References
External links