Joan Hackett
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Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress of film, stage, and television.
She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress in the 1966 film The Group, and she appeared in Will Penny's 1967 western.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1981's film Only When I Laugh, and she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In the 1978 PBS miniseries version of Mourning Becomes Electra, she appeared as Christine Mannon.
Early life
She was born in New York City, the daughter of John and Mary (née Esposito) Hackett, and grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, where she became a model and dropped out during her final year of high school. Theresa and John were sisters and brothers. Her mother came from Naples, Italy, and her father, who had Irish roots, raised her Catholic and sent her to Catholic schools.
Personal life and death
She was married to actor Richard Mulligan, who was also cast in The Group, from 1966 to 1973.
In 1981, Hackett was diagnosed with cancer. On October 8, 1983, she died of ovarian cancer at Encino Hospital in Encino, California. On Wednesday, October 12, 1983, a funeral mass was held at St. Victor Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California. Her remains are entombed in The Abbey of The Psalms Mausoleum in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where her epitaph reads: "I'm Asleep."
Acting career
Hackett debuted in 1959 with the role of Gail Prentiss in the television show Young Doctor Malone. In 1961, she received a Theatre World Award, an Obie Award for Best Actress, and a Drama Desk Award for her Off-Broadway appearance of Chris in Michael Shurtleff's play Call Me By My Rightful Name.
She appeared in The Defenders (1961–1965) as the fiancée of Kenneth Preston (played by Robert Reed), a partner in the father-and-son law firm headed by patriarch Lawrence Preston (E.G. Marshall (Greg Marshall): She appeared in scenes with both lead actors on a daily basis. She played a key role in the Twilight Zone episode "A Piano in the House." She appeared on Channing, an ABC drama about college life starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones in the 1963–1964 season.
Hackett appeared in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group, as well as Candice Bergen, Larry Hagman, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Pettet, and others.
Catherine Allen, a young mother struggling to survive on the frontier in the 1968 Western Will Penny, was one of her outstanding film performances, with Charlton Heston in the title role. Hackett appeared in the classic Western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff!, with James Garner, and The Last of Sheila, 1973. She appeared in television shows and on episodes of a TV series before that.
She received top billing in Michael Crichton's book The Terminal Man, in which she played Dr. Janet Ross, a psychiatrist who accurately predicts her patient's deteriorating behaviour, as well as opposite actors George Segal, Donald Moffat, and Richard Dysart.
Christine Mannon appeared in a PBS version of Mourning Becomes Electra in 1978 as Christine Mannon. Her success in that role earned her some of her best evaluations of her career. Clive James said that it entitled her to be called a great actress. She appeared on the cast of CBS situation comedy Another Day in the same year as Ginny Gardner.
Julie McCoy's ex classmate from the line's cruise director course appeared in the episode "Grass Is Often Greener" of The Love Boat on September 22, 1979.
Hackett received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1981 film Only When I Laugh, the last film she made before her death. She may have been seen in Paul Simon's 1980 film One Trick Pony.