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- Birth nameJo Ann Heckert
- Joyce Holden was born on September 1, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Milkman (1950), Private Eyes (1953) and The Werewolf (1956). She was married to David P. Mannhalter and Dok Stanford. She died on January 21, 2022 in Encinitas, California, USA.
- SpousesDavid P. Mannhalter(August 5, 1958 - January 21, 2022) (her death)Dok Stanford(June 16, 1951 - October 31, 1955) (divorced)
- Appeared on CBS' "Good Morning" show with Will Rogers Jr. for a year as a talk show host and singer. Barbara Walters was her assistant producer at the time.
- First husband, Arnold ("Dok") Stanford, 16 years her senior, was a songwriter. Upon their divorce in 1955, she was awarded half interest in the songs he had written or would write within a year. She has been married over 50 years to her second husband David P. Mannhalter, a real estate broker.
- Became a Jehovah's Witness in 1954, and later worked in the organization's main office in Brooklyn.
- Holden had a stage mother who started her daughter's performing, dancing and singing when Holden was just three years old. She and her mother moved to Hollywood after her parents' divorce. She attended Hollywood High School and then went to UCLA for two years.
- Starred in a 1954 stage production of "The Seven Year Itch" at the Pasadena Playhouse in the Marilyn Monroe role.
- I found stage work very unrewarding. I do not like the idea of repetition too much. Doing the same thing every night for months and years . . . it loses its challenge.
- I feel sorry for young actors today. Where do they learn everything? Where are they allowed to take ballet and horseback-riding, and do live shows and USO tours? JH - reflecting on her training at Universal
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