Joan Freeman (actress)

Joan Freeman
Freeman (center) with Marilyn Maxwell and Rhodes Reason in ABC's Bus Stop
Born	Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
Education	John Burroughs High School
Occupation(s)	Film and television actress
Years active	1949–1994
Known for	Bus Stop Tower of London Roustabout Panic in Year Zero!
Spouse(s)	Frank C. Beetson, Jr. ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1967)​ Bruce Kessler[1]

Joan Leslie 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.