Biographies: Joanna Moore - Actor

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American actress who was born in Parrott, Georgia, USA on November 10, 1934 as Dorothy Cook. She married five times; to Willis Moore, Jordan, actor Don Oreck (1956-1957), to actor and producer Ryan O'Neal (1963-1967) with whom she had two children, and then married Gary L. Reeves (1975-1977). Among her most important works: Touch of Evil (1958), Monster on the Campus (1958), and Follow That Dream (1962). She lost her family when she was young in a car accident as she was the only one who did not ride with them. She came to Hollywood after winning a beauty contest in Georgia, and she was discovered by a Universal producer at a cocktail party. She was a skilled cook. She lost custody of her children due to her drug and alcohol addiction. She lost three fingers of her left hand in a car accident. She is the stepmother to world tennis champion John McEnroe. She died on November 22, 1997 in Indiana Wells, California, USA of lung cancer.

• 20 February 2022
• Christina Aziz