Joan Freeman is a retired American actress. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she started her career as a child actress in the 1949 television series Sandy Dreams before making her film debut with the western Pistol Harvest. Starting from 1961, she appeared in TV series and films like Bus Stop, Panic in Year Zero!, and Tower of London, and in 1962 was nominated as Most Promising New Star in the film magazine Photoplay. In 1964, she played alongside Elvis Presley in Roustabout, and earned another Photoplay Gold Medal nomination. Her last acting role was in 1994.
Early life
Freeman was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended Mother Cabrini School in Burbank, California, and later attended John Burroughs High School where she graduated in 1959.
Career
Freeman started as a child actress, having appeared in the 1949 television series Sandy Dreams, along with Richard Beymer and Jill St. John. Alabama newspaper The Anniston Star described Freeman as "lovely" in the part.
Also in 1962, she appeared in the quasi-historical film Tower of London with Vincent Price. She plays Margaret, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting who is held hostage by Price's Richard of Gloucester in the tower as he begins a rampage. That was followed up by being named as a Hollywood Deb Star in 1963.