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Joan Tetzel

1921–1977 · Actor

Biography

Aside from her movie career, Joan Tetzel was well known as a Broadway and London stage actress. She played nurse Ratchett in the Broadway

edition of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." During the early

seventies, she appeared in the London play, "How The Other Half Loves."

During this period, she had a running part in the TV series

"Policewoman." As a noted stage actress, her picture appeared on the

front cover of Life Magazine on February 14, 1948. She died in Sussex

England from cancer.

Notable Noir Roles

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949Dir. Robert Siodmak · Pamela Blackwell Marshall

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Full Noir Filmography

1 film · 1949–1949