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Joanna Barnes (born November 15, 1934) is an American actress and writer.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. She moved to California soon after finishing her education, and took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She has since had rôles in more than twenty films, and made guest appearances on many television shows, including 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, and Have Gun - Will Travel. Her performance in the 1958 film Auntie Mame as the snooty 'Gloria Upson' earned her a Golden Globe nomination for "New Star of the Year".
Barnes became the thirteenth actress to play Jane when she appeared in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), opposite Denny Miller as Tarzan.
Barnes played Peter Falk's ex-wife on the 1965-66 CBS series Trials of O'Brien and was host of the ABC daytime talk show Dateline: Hollywood in 1967.
She is also a distinguished writer. Her column, Touching Home, was carried by The Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate. She has also published several novels, including The Deceivers (1970), Pastora (1980), and Silverwood (1985).
On June 24, 1962, she married actor Lawrence Dobkin.
In the original Parent Trap (1961), she played the gold-digger, Vicki Robinson, who temporarily comes between Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. In the latest remake (The Parent Trap (1998 film)) she played the mother, Vicky Blake, of the new gold-digger.
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