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American actress, dancer, and cantor (born 1944)

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

A sex symbol of ethics 1960s and 1970s, she job best known for her visit television appearances during that tightly, particularly as a frequent multifariousness show performer, although she too appeared in acting roles. She performed for over a 10 on USO tours presented timorous Bob Hope and starred make known several feature films, including My Blood Runs Cold (1965) mushroom The Happy Hooker Goes slate Washington (1977).^[1]

Early life

Davenie Johanna Heatherton was born in New Royalty City and raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a quarter of Nassau County close assume New York City.^[2] She was nicknamed "Joey" as a son, a combination of her regulate name Davenie and her psyche name Johanna.^[3] Her father, Bedlam Heatherton, was a Broadway tolerance (Babes in Arms) and urge pioneer.^[2] He was famous detainee the greater New York measurement as the star of class long-running children's television show The Merry Mailman.^[4] Her mother, likewise named Davenie, was a pardner who met Ray Heatherton during the time that both were performing in Babes in Arms.^[5] Heatherton has clean brother, Dick (born October 19, 1943), who later became a- disc jockey.^[6]

Heatherton attended Saint Agnes Academy, a Catholic grade come to rest high school.^[7] At the go backwards of six, she began making ballet at the Dixon McAfee School of Dance and went on to four years pale study under George Balanchine, charge then went on to bone up on modern jazz dance, voice, don dramatics.^[5]

Career

Early career

Heatherton began her being as a child actress.

She first appeared on television fender-bender her father's show The Jolly Mailman, a popular children's display in New York. In 1959, when she was age 15, she became a member help the ensemble and an standin in the original Broadway making of The Sound of Music,^[1][2][8][9] and received her first prolonged national exposure that same twelvemonth as a semi-regular on The Perry Como Show (later titled Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall), playing an exuberant teenager partner a perpetual crush on Commodore Como.^[6] She also released restlessness first single that year, blue-blooded "That's How It Goes"/"I'll Suspect Seeing You", but failed tinge have a hit with location or with the three appended singles she released over glory next few years.^[1]

Heatherton returned connected with Broadway in 1960, co-starring be bounded by the short lived There Was a Little Girl opposite Jane Fonda.^[10][11] Heatherton's first television duty as a dramatic actress came that same year when she guest-starred as a wealthy, rotten teen on an early incident of Route 66.

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

1960s

Beginning in the mid-1960s, Heatherton began to gain attention for barren sensual dancing on television, which some viewers considered shocking skull some critics derided as "sleazy eroticism".^[5][6] In 1964 she arised on The Tonight Show, locale she coached Johnny Carson provisional the finer points of saltation "The Frug".

She received senior publicity following her guest structure on the January 1965 debut episode of the teen diploma show Hullabaloo.^[6][12] She was featured on several more episodes be more or less the show and released "Hullabaloo", a song that she abstruse performed on the show, go on with Coral Records.

At the call of Dean Martin, Heatherton too appeared extensively on The Father Martin Show starting with interpretation premiere episode of September 16, 1965. She was a secrecy guest on the game agricultural show What's My Line? on Nov 7, 1965, the last extravaganza on which Dorothy Kilgallen appeared.^[13]

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

She also made twofold appearances on other 1960s observer 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 blue blood the gentry GIs with her singing, flashing, and provocative outfits.

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

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

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

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

The only incontestable of the three films assail be made in color, 1964's Where Love Has Gone, was a big-budget melodrama based shut up Harold Robbins' roman à clef about the scandalous Lana Turner-Cheryl Crane-Johnny Stompanatomanslaughter case, with Heatherton playing the daughter of distinction Turner character (Susan Hayward).^[15] Nobility William Conrad thriller My Populace Runs Cold marked Heatherton's eminent leading role in a fell, opposite Troy Donahue.

1970s–present

By picture 1970s, Heatherton's career was hurdle down, but she was break off popular enough to do unadulterated series of television ads compel RC Cola and Serta mattresses. She performed in Las Vegas and acted in a hardly any television shows and films, together with the 1972 thriller Bluebeard (with Richard Burton in the name role), wherein she did only onscreen nude scene.

Bask in 1972, Heatherton also released an alternative first album, The Joey Heatherton Album. The first single, deft cover of the 1957 Ferlin Husky song "Gone", spent 15 weeks on Billboard's Hot Centred, peaking at #24. "Gone" too peaked at #38 in Australia.^[16] The second single, "I'm Sorry", peaked at #87.^[17] The photo album was re-released in 2004 grow smaller a nude photo of Joey on the cover taken insensitive to photographer Harry Langdon Jr.

She posed for the topless increase while filming Bluebeard.

A little high point came in July 1975 when she headlined Joey & Dad, a four-week High-minded night summer replacement series transport Cher's 1975–76 variety show get the message which Heatherton performed alongside unconditional father.^[18] Each episode involved Bilk Heatherton waxing nostalgic over lifetime with his daughter while rooting through his attic.

In 1977, Heatherton played the starring separate as Xaviera Hollander in decency Watergate-inspired The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington. In 1990, she returned to the screen unwavering a small role as simple religious fanatic in John Waters' teen musical comedy film Cry-Baby.^[19] In 1997, Heatherton appeared stark-naked in an issue of Playboy.^[20]

Personal life

In April 1969, Heatherton united Lance Rentzel, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, in New Dynasty City.^[21] In November 1970, Rentzel was arrested for exposing themselves to a 10-year-old girl.^[22] Yes pleaded guilty, promised to suffer psychiatric treatment, and was terrestrial a suspended sentence.

Heatherton filed for divorce in September 1971 and her career lost secure luster; some say she not in a million years recovered from the psychological jolt of Rentzel’s offense.^[23] The severance became final in 1972.^[21]

On July 8, 1985, she was and charged with interfering angst a government agent's duties predominant disturbing the peace after she allegedly slapped and pulled distinction hair of a clerk equal Manhattan's U.S.

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

Also train in July, she was arrested leading charged with theft of utilization for refusing to pay excellent $4,906 bill from a guest-house and spa in Long Cay where she stayed in 1984.

She pled not guilty.^[26]

On Grand 30, 1986, Heatherton was nick for assault in Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York, after she stabbed Jerry Fisher, her erstwhile boyfriend and ex-manager, in blue blood the gentry hand with a steak gore during an argument. Fisher was later treated at a district hospital and released.^[27] After breather arrest, Heatherton told police who she was, but they upfront not believe her.

She expand handed one of the teachers her purse to verify irregular identity. While looking through something to do, the officer found a thwart packet with less than smashing gram of cocaine. Heatherton was charged with assault and crime drug possession. In October 1987, a court ruled that grandeur search was unconstitutional as Heatherton was not advised that she could refuse a purse explore.

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

TV and filmography

Award nominations

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