Joy Bang

Joy Bang
Bang in 1970
Born
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1968–1973
SpousePaul Bang

Joy Bang is a former American actress best known for her film appearances in the early 1970s.

Early life

Bang was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was adopted at one month old.[1] She was raised in New York City, where she attended Hunter Elementary School.[1] She attended Boston University for one year, but dropped out, and later worked as a go-go dancer. She married Paul Bang in the late 1960s.[1]

Career

Cast of Pretty Maids All in a Row (L-R): (front row) June Fairchild, Joy Bang, Aimee Eccles; (middle row) Joanna Cameron, Gene Roddenberry, Rock Hudson, Roger Vadim; (back row) Margaret Markov, Brenda Sykes, Diane Sherry, Gretchen Burrell

Bang began her career collaborating with underground filmmaker Andrew Meyer in Boston.[2] She would appear in a total of eight films between 1970 and 1973, most notably Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam in 1972.[3]

Bang also appears in a 1971 episode of the Christian TV series Insight entitled "The Party" and on the American television series Room 222 in the 16th episode of the third season, entitled "Where Is It Written?".

Selected filmography

List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role
1970 Events Joy
Maidstone Joy Broom
The Kowboys Smitty
Mission: Impossible, "Flip Side" S5.E2 Girl
Brand X Joy Bang
The Young Lawyers, "The Two Dollar Thing" S-1 E-3 Chicago
The Psychiatrist, "God Bless the Children" (pilot episode) Kendell
1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row Rita
Red Sky at Morning Corky
Medical Center, "The Impostor" S-3 E-3 Peggy
Insight, "The Party" S1.E339 Abby
Hawaii Five-O, "To Kill or Be Killed" S-3 E-17 Gail Howard
1972 Cisco Pike Lynn
Night of the Cobra Woman Joanna
Room 222, "Where Is It Written?" S-3 E-16 Judy Shore
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Sandra
Play It Again, Sam Julie
1973 Adam-12, “Killing Ground” S-5 E-18 (№ 120) Susan Danhart
Police Story, "Collision Course" S-1 E-6 Gloria
Messiah of Evil Toni

References

  1. ^ a b c Ebert, Roger (April 18, 1971). "Interview with Joy Bang". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Janisse, Kier-La (January 1, 2016). "The Big Bang: The Too-Short Career of Joy Bang". Spectacular Optical. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  3. ^ "Joy Bang". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 20 May 2020.