Joanne Gilbert

Known for ActingBorn 1932-07-17Died 2025-04-16Chicago, Illinois, USA

Joanne Beverly Gilbert (July 17, 1932 — April 16, 2025) was an American actress. Gilbert and her family came to Hollywood in 1939. Her father Ray worked for producer Earl Carroll before he joined the Disney songwriting staff, penning lyrics for the Oscar-winning “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, as well as “Casey at the Bat” and the Andy Williams classic “And Roses and Roses". After pursuing a career as a fashion model in New York City, Gilbert attracted attention as a singer at a famed Hollywood hotstop — her father helped her with her act — leading to her deal at Paramount. After signing a seven-year contract in 1952, Gilbert was “introduced” to filmgoers in the splashy George Marshall-directed Western musical Red Garters (1954), starring Rosemary Clooney, Guy Mitchell, Jack Carson and Gene Barry. Gilbert was married to TV writer and future Barney Miller creator Danny Arnold from June 1955 to August 1956, and to producer and TV executive Edward L. Rissien from 1958 to 1964.Read more

Movies & web series

The Rosemary Clooney Show

The Outer Limits

The George Gobel Show

The Ford Television Theatre

Perry Mason

Good Morning, Miss Dove

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The High Cost of Loving

Houdini

Lock-Up

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Bronco

Ben Casey

Ride Out for Revenge

The Great Man

Red Garters