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Little-known actress Joan Staley is dead to me

She played opposite of Don Knotts in his epic thriller "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken." Most movie scholars agree it was the best Knotts vehicle of the 60s, and her quiet loveliness added a lot to it.

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by Anonymousreply 17November 30, 2019 11:50 PM

As Okie Annie in Batman: "a conniving cowboy of crime."

She has a bit of Daryl Hannah about her.

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by Anonymousreply 1November 30, 2019 12:15 AM

She was a Playboy playmate. Her ample figure is shown off in 'The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" in a series of tight fitting dresses. I liked that movie but I never bought the romance angle in it. The gorgeous Alma falls for the socially awkward, homely Luther Heggs? Only in the movies does that occur. Anyway, the movie features a great cameo appearance by Ellen Corby. She's only onscreen for a few minutes but her brief bit as Luther's grade school teacher, testifying in court about what he was like as a child, is hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 2November 30, 2019 12:21 AM

DL fave Reta Shaw stole every scene she was in in "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" as the leader of the Kansas Ladies' Psychic Occult Society.

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by Anonymousreply 3November 30, 2019 12:32 AM

...not even with Bon-Ami!

by Anonymousreply 4November 30, 2019 12:40 AM

r2 please d..

by Anonymousreply 5November 30, 2019 12:50 AM

So young.

by Anonymousreply 6November 30, 2019 12:51 AM

Miss November 1958

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by Anonymousreply 7November 30, 2019 12:54 AM

So ... who?

by Anonymousreply 8November 30, 2019 12:55 AM

R7, interesting link. Those Playmates of the Month back then were awfully pretty. Some are blatantly sex kittens, but most are just wholesomely pretty young women. The fact that they're not stick-thin with huge fake tits probably helps.

by Anonymousreply 9November 30, 2019 1:03 AM

The Playmates of bygone eras looked so natural. Their faces, their bodies...they were so REAL. These days it's all fake tits and bleached hair and plumped up lips. No more natural beauty, just fakery.

by Anonymousreply 10November 30, 2019 1:07 AM

R3, Reta Shaw was outstanding in "Pollyanna".

by Anonymousreply 11November 30, 2019 1:15 AM

Richard Harris was outstanding in The Field.

by Anonymousreply 12November 30, 2019 1:19 AM

Miss November 1958 at an industry screening of 'Mr. Chicken' in 2012.

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by Anonymousreply 13November 30, 2019 2:01 PM

Read that as "erotic thriller"

by Anonymousreply 14November 30, 2019 2:04 PM

Love that movie!

by Anonymousreply 15November 30, 2019 2:32 PM

I loved her starches.

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by Anonymousreply 16November 30, 2019 3:06 PM

Lesbo?

by Anonymousreply 17November 30, 2019 11:50 PM
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