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Joanna Barnes death: Star of both Parent Trap films dies aged 87
Joanna Barnes, the veteran actor who starred in both versions of The Parent Trap, has died aged 89.
The actor died on Friday (29 April) at her home in California. Her friend Sally Jackson announced her death, saying she had died of “multiple health problems”.
Barnes was best known for playing Vicky Robinson – a delightfully evil, scheming woman who marries a father of twins (who she hates) for his money – in the 1961 film The Parent Trap.
In the 1998 remake, she played Vicki Blake, Robinson’s mother.
She also starred in the films Home Before Dark, Spartacus and The War Wagon and the TV series 21 Beacon Street, The Trials of O’Brien, and Dateline Hollywood.
Barnes guest-starred in The Millionaire, Mannix, Murder She Wrote, and Cheers.
She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her 1958 performance as debutante Gloria Upson in Auntie Mame.
As well as acting, she wrote novels including The Deceivers, Who is Carla Hart, Pastora and Silverwood.
In 1973, Barnes told newspaper columnist Dick Kleiner that she liked writing because “it is something you do yourself. With acting, if you win an Oscar or an Emmy, you have to thank everybody. If you write a book, it is completely your own.”
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Joanna Barnes
American actress and man of letters (1934–2022)
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| Born | (1934-11-15)November 15, 1934 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 2022(2022-04-29) (aged 87) Sea Cattle farm, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
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| Years active | 1956–2002 |
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Joanna Barnes
Nationality
Occupation
Actress, writer
Spouse
Richard Edward Herndon (1955–?)
Lawrence Dobkin (1961–1967)
Jack Lionel Warner (1980–2012, his death)
Barnes was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Milton Academy and then Smith College, from which she graduated in 1956 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and majored in English. Barnes received the college's award for poetry, the immediate successor to Sylvia Plath for this recognition. Her research for a magazine article about making movies led to a career change to acting.
Barnes initially appeared in television with shows, like 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Have Gun - Will Travel, What's My Line, Private Detective, The Untouchables, Colt .45, 21 Beacon Street, The Beverly Hillbillies, Laramine, Barney Miller, Benson, Fantasy Island, and The Trials of O'Brien. Her film credits included Auntie Mame, Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), The War Wagon