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Joan Prather

Janet McArthur Bradford in Eight is enough !

Photos Joan Prather Birth name: Joan Prather
Birth date: 1950/10/17 (73 years old)
Birth place : Dallas, Texas, USA

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Biography for Joan Prather

One of Joan's early appearances as an actress was in a Highland Park Highschool production of "The Music Man" in March of 1963. Joan played the part of Amaryllis, and was 12 at the time.

Her first role as an actress was a production of her high school Le Highland Park which is called "The Music Man", she was twelve years old. She graduated from this school in 1968.

During her high school years she often appeared on TV in a program "Somethin 'Else" on a local ABC subsidiary channel, WFAA-TV.

Joan Prather is an American actress known for playing in films and television series from the 1970s and 1980s. She was born on July 16, 1951 in North Little Rock, in Arkansas.

Prather began his career by playing in theatrical productions in Los Angeles before taking his first steps in the cinema in 1975 in the film The Day of the Locust by John Schlesinger. She then played in several other films, including Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Happy Birthday to Me (1981) and The Slugger's Wife (1985).

In parallel with his film career, Prather has also worked in television, especially in popular series such as Starsky and Hutch, the streets of San Francisco and Magnum. She also played in TV movies such as The Dream Merchants and The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story.

In the 1990s, Prather continued to work in the entertainment world, but it was mainly focused on television productions, especially in series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and Sister, Sister. She also played in television films, such as Christmas in Connecticut and in Christmas Memory.

Apart from her acting career, Prather is also passionate about sport and was a member of the Softball team at the University of Southern California. She is also very involved in charity and she is a member of several charitable associations.

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Filmography

Title Role
An Eight Is Enough Wedding (1989) (TV) Janet
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987) (TV) Janet
LBJ: The Early Years (1987) (TV)
Sins of the Father (1985) (TV) Megan
His Mistress (1984) (TV) Lauren
Take This Job and Shove It (1981) Madelene
The Deerslayer (1978) (TV) Judith Hutter
Rabbit Test (1978) Segoynia Savaka
Eight Is Enough (1977) TV Series Janet McArthur Bradford
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) (TV) Susie
Executive Suite (1976) TV Series Glory Dalessio
Smile (1975) Robin (Miss Antelope Valley)
The Devil's Rain (1975) Julie Preston
Big Bad Mama (1974) Jane Kingston
The Single Girls (1974) Lola

Trivia

Attended Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas. Graduated 1968.

During her high school years, she was a regular on a teen T.V. show, "Somethin' Else", which was telecast on the local ABC affiliate station in Dallas, WFAA-TV.

Varsity cheerleader at Highland Park High School.

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Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by donovan

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