Joan Weldon
Birth Name:
Joan Louise Welton
A blue-eyed, chestnut-haired beauty, Joan Weldon trained to be a singer, and made her professional debut as a member of the San Francisco Opera Company. While appearing with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, she came to the attention of Warner Brothers, who took her out of grand opera and put her in horse operas (La poursuite dura sept jou...
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A blue-eyed, chestnut-haired beauty, Joan Weldon trained to be a singer, and made her professional debut as a member of the San Francisco Opera Company. While appearing with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, she came to the attention of Warner Brothers, who took her out of grand opera and put her in horse operas (La poursuite dura sept jours (1954), Le cavalier traqué (1954)), a crime drama (The System (1953)) and, most famously, the biggest and best of the "Big Bug" movies, 1954's Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954). Amidst her movie roles, all of them dramatic, non-singing parts, Weldon sang at the Hollywood Bowl, on her TV series This Is Your Music (1955) and on tour in "The Music Man" (on tour for three years as the repressed Marian the Librarian). She and her husband reside in Manhattan. Show less «
I was a singer, that was my first love.
I was a singer, that was my first love.
I didn't think much of [the movie] Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954) when I read the script. I just knew that [my character] was a scie...Show more »
I didn't think much of [the movie] Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954) when I read the script. I just knew that [my character] was a scientist, and I was hoping that somewhere along the line there would be some romance or love interest. But [director] Gordon Douglas didn't want to refer to any kind of romance whatsoever. It was totally devoid of any interplay with anybody. The ants were supposed to be the star. Show less «
[on Edmund Gwenn, with whom she worked on Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954)] . . . he was in great pain. He was crippled with arthritis...Show more »
[on Edmund Gwenn, with whom she worked on Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954)] . . . he was in great pain. He was crippled with arthritis. But when they said, "Camera! Action!", you'd never know that there was a thing wrong with him. He was just right there, and he'd move, and the moment they said "Cut!", he'd just crumble. Show less «
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