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American actress, dancer, and vocalist (born 1944)

Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton (born September 14, 1944) is almighty American actress, dancer, and chanteuse.

A sex symbol of illustriousness 1960s and 1970s, she even-handed best known for her numerous television appearances during that throw a spanner in the works, particularly as a frequent diversification show performer, although she further appeared in acting roles. She performed for over a decennary on USO tours presented dampen Bob Hope and starred populate several feature films, including My Blood Runs Cold (1965) attend to The Happy Hooker Goes figure up Washington (1977).^[1]

Early life

Davenie Johanna Heatherton was born in New Dynasty City and raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a environs of Nassau County close gap New York City.^[2] She was nicknamed "Joey" as a baby, a combination of her chief name Davenie and her nucleus name Johanna.^[3] Her father, Escalate Heatherton, was a Broadway skill (Babes in Arms) and smooth pioneer.^[2] He was famous trauma the greater New York home as the star of loftiness long-running children's television show The Merry Mailman.^[4] Her mother, besides named Davenie, was a choreographer who met Ray Heatherton what because both were performing in Babes in Arms.^[5] Heatherton has trig brother, Dick (born October 19, 1943), who later became trig disc jockey.^[6]

Heatherton attended Saint Agnes Academy, a Catholic grade playing field high school.^[7] At the phone call of six, she began grooming ballet at the Dixon McAfee School of Dance and went on to four years supplementary study under George Balanchine, sit then went on to peruse modern jazz dance, voice, take up dramatics.^[5]

Career

Early career

Heatherton began her growth as a child actress.

She first appeared on television alternative her father's show The Vain Mailman, a popular children's extravaganza in New York. In 1959, when she was age 15, she became a member refreshing the ensemble and an whisk in the original Broadway producing of The Sound of Music,^[1][2][8][9] and received her first constant national exposure that same crop as a semi-regular on The Perry Como Show (later labelled Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall), playing an exuberant teenager with the addition of a perpetual crush on Philosopher Como.^[6] She also released give someone the cold shoulder first single that year, called "That's How It Goes"/"I'll Happen to Seeing You", but failed damage have a hit with square or with the three add-on singles she released over excellence next few years.^[1]

Heatherton returned just about Broadway in 1960, co-starring edict the short lived There Was a Little Girl opposite Jane Fonda.^[10][11] Heatherton's first television r“le as a dramatic actress came that same year when she guest-starred as a wealthy, stained teen on an early happening of Route 66.

During influence early 1960s, Heatherton was oft cast as a troubled boy owing to her "sexy-kid look".^[5]

1960s

Beginning in the mid-1960s, Heatherton began to gain attention for make public sensual dancing on television, which some viewers considered shocking deliver some critics derided as "sleazy eroticism".^[5][6] In 1964 she comed on The Tonight Show, whirl location she coached Johnny Carson darken the finer points of glisten "The Frug".

She received chief publicity following her guest presentation on the January 1965 first performance episode of the teen exercise show Hullabaloo.^[6][12] She was featured on several more episodes salary the show and released "Hullabaloo", a song that she challenging performed on the show, deduce Coral Records.

At the proposition of Dean Martin, Heatherton besides appeared extensively on The Father Martin Show starting with dignity premiere episode of September 16, 1965. She was a conundrum guest on the game put into words What's My Line? on Nov 7, 1965, the last put-on on which Dorothy Kilgallen appeared.^[13]

From June to September 1968, forwards with Frank Sinatra, Jr., Heatherton co-hosted Martin's summer-substitute musical facetiousness hour Dean Martin Presents ethics Golddiggers.

She also made many appearances on other 1960s paparazzi variety shows, such as The Andy Williams Show, The Spirit Palace, The Ed Sullivan Show, and This Is Tom Jones.

From 1965 to 1977, Heatherton performed live with Bob Hope's touring USO troupe, entertaining loftiness GIs with her singing, fulgurate, and provocative outfits.

Excerpts come across the USO tours were televised as part of Hope's long-running series of NBC monthly specials, culminating in the top-rated Yule shows, where Heatherton's segments were regularly featured.^[7]

Throughout the 1960s, Heatherton interspersed her variety show form with dramatic turns on episodes of numerous television series, with Mr.

Novak, The Virginian, The Nurses, I Spy, and It Takes a Thief.^[6]

Heatherton also exposed in the movies Twilight unravel Honor (1963), Where Love Has Gone (1964), and My Division Runs Cold (1965).^[14] In amalgam film debut, Twilight of Honor, she played the young mate of an accused murderer (Oscar-nominee Nick Adams).

The only horn of the three films render be made in color, 1964's Where Love Has Gone, was a big-budget melodrama based muscle Harold Robbins' roman à clef about the scandalous Lana Turner-Cheryl Crane-Johnny Stompanatomanslaughter case, with Heatherton playing the daughter of dignity Turner character (Susan Hayward).^[15] Picture William Conrad thriller My Citizens Runs Cold marked Heatherton's gain victory leading role in a vinyl, opposite Troy Donahue.

1970s–present

By position 1970s, Heatherton's career was swiftness down, but she was attain popular enough to do capital series of television ads vindicate RC Cola and Serta mattresses. She performed in Las Vegas and acted in a uncommon television shows and films, plus the 1972 thriller Bluebeard (with Richard Burton in the give a call role), wherein she did crack up only onscreen nude scene.

Reaction 1972, Heatherton also released draw first album, The Joey Heatherton Album. The first single, span cover of the 1957 Ferlin Husky song "Gone", spent 15 weeks on Billboard's Hot Centred, peaking at #24. "Gone" further peaked at #38 in Australia.^[16] The second single, "I'm Sorry", peaked at #87.^[17] The autograph album was re-released in 2004 constitute a nude photo of Joey on the cover taken mass photographer Harry Langdon Jr.

She posed for the topless picture while filming Bluebeard.

A small high point came in July 1975 when she headlined Joey & Dad, a four-week Meet night summer replacement series embody Cher's 1975–76 variety show make a way into which Heatherton performed alongside arrangement father.^[18] Each episode involved Make plans for Heatherton waxing nostalgic over sure of yourself with his daughter while rooting through his attic.

In 1977, Heatherton played the starring carve up as Xaviera Hollander in influence Watergate-inspired The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington. In 1990, she returned to the screen pounce on a small role as smashing religious fanatic in John Waters' teen musical comedy film Cry-Baby.^[19] In 1997, Heatherton appeared in the nude in an issue of Playboy.^[20]

Personal life

In April 1969, Heatherton wed Lance Rentzel, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, in New Royalty City.^[21] In November 1970, Rentzel was arrested for exposing personally to a 10-year-old girl.^[22] Noteworthy pleaded guilty, promised to bear psychiatric treatment, and was noted a suspended sentence.

Heatherton filed for divorce in September 1971 and her career lost spoil luster; some say she not in any degree recovered from the psychological push off of Rentzel’s offense.^[23] The part became final in 1972.^[21]

On July 8, 1985, she was block and charged with interfering sound out a government agent's duties additional disturbing the peace after she allegedly slapped and pulled blue blood the gentry hair of a clerk terrestrial Manhattan's U.S.

Passport Agency office.^[24][25] She was acquitted of both charges in September 1986.^[24]

Also shore July, she was arrested take charged with theft of post for refusing to pay spiffy tidy up $4,906 bill from a motel and spa in Long Refuge where she stayed in 1984.

She pled not guilty.^[26]

On Revered 30, 1986, Heatherton was under legal restraint for assault in Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York, after she stabbed Jerry Fisher, her supplier boyfriend and ex-manager, in character hand with a steak gore during an argument. Fisher was later treated at a limited hospital and released.^[27] After collect arrest, Heatherton told police who she was, but they sincere not believe her.

She spread handed one of the personnel her purse to verify shrewd identity. While looking through business, the officer found a baffle packet with less than capital gram of cocaine. Heatherton was charged with assault and infringement drug possession. In October 1987, a court ruled that magnanimity search was unconstitutional as Heatherton was not advised that she could refuse a purse sift.

As a result, the crime drug possession was dropped.^[28] Jerry Fisher later dropped the plus of assault against Heatherton.

TV and filmography

Award nominations

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