Joyce Van Patten
Acting
Biography
Joyce Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American stage, film and television actress.
Born: March 9, 1934
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Sopranos
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Let's Switch!
Chaos ensues when two former college friends, one a housewife and the other the editor of a hip women's magazine, decide to swap lifestyles between them.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Northern Exposure
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Filmography
as Madge
as Self
as Aunt Sophie
as Mrs. McGowan
as Mariam
as Dorothy Shore
as Gloria
as Agnes Silvestre
as Mrs. Butterly
as Carol Prudy
as Paula
as Jane
as Dr. Sandy Shaw
as Sarah Rebadow
as Aunt Ruth
as Edith
as Maureen Slattery
as Erika Magnussen
as Sylvia Mangione
as Emma
as Serena
as Iris Braimen
as Sarah Emerson
as Ruth Dwyer
as Leila
as Cora Miller
as Dr. Ramona Stark
as Pat Hillman
as Nettie Brown
as Dorothy Mann
as Nadia's Mother
as Helen Talbot
as Ma
as Harriet Goodman
as Eva
as Ma
as Mrs. Beamish
as Mrs. Boyce
as Dema Harshbarger
as Sally
as Caroline Ruben
as Connie Frazier
as Janet Stein
as Grace
as Elma Parkhill
as Elma Parkhill
as Lila Manchester
as Miss Wellington
as Ellen Dietz
as Janet Murphy
as Betty Eischied
as Jan
as Cleveland
as Ida Mae
as Edie Gould
as Linette Robbins
as Alice
as Phyllis
as Lianne Sweeny
as Grace Lockhard
as Jane
as Sally Cato
as Mother
as Connie Miller
as Bernadette
as Polly Standall
as Arletta McGreevy
as Ruth Lytton
as Sister of Mercy
as Kate Werner Macklin
as Betty Fuller
as Phyllis
as Nikki
as Paula Eckhart
as Maude
as Joyce
as Claudia Gramus
as Lila Daniels
as Rhoda Lovejoy
as Lola Collins
as Margo
as Alice Kranz
as Peggy Woodward
as Giovanni's Daughter-in-Law
as Self
as Avis Brown
as Rhea Cashman
as Laura Fredericks
as Grace
as Mary Stewart
as Doris Baxter
as Self
as Julie Belmanno
as Ruth Scully
as Ethel
as Laura Hollander
as Marcia James
as Claire Vale
as Eileen Ransome
as Mrs. Maude Pomfritt
as Hillary
as Sally Sheldon
as Fay Gilmer
as Molly
as Serena
as Barbara (uncredited)