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- Birth nameElinor Joan Vohs
- Typecast often as a dumb blond, Joan Vohs struggled her entire career to break out of that mold. She did manage partial success, but ultimately dropped out of acting altogether in order to become a full-time mom. She was born in Queens, New York, was a Rockette at age 16 and a Connover model before any acting for movies or television. Her first several roles were as models, usually of the "dumb blond" ilk. Occasionally, she landed a more substantive role, e.g. the role as suspected French spy "Fortune Mallory", played opposite George Montgomery in Fort Ti (1953). After a successful run of guest appearances on the T.V. sitcom, Family Affair (1966), Vohs retired from acting and devoted herself to raising her own family.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick King <patrick_king@hotmail.com>
- SpouseJohn G. Stephens(May 9, 1959 - June 4, 2001) (her death, 2 children)
- Became the youngest Rockette at the Radio City Music Hall at age 16.
- Husband John G. Stephens was a producer/director at Universal. In 2004, Stephens published his book "From My Three Sons to Major Dad" and dedicated it to his late wife who died three years earlier.
- In the late 1960s her husband, John G. Stephens was production manager on My Three Sons (1960) and Family Affair (1966). Joan had recurring roles on both of these shows.
- Vohs turned down a part in Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin's Artists and Models (1955) because she refused to take another role typecasting her as a dumb blond.
- In the early 1950s, she starred in a series of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, shot in Denmark.
- Once a dumb blonde, always a dumb blonde in the opinion of some of the producers and casting directors.
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