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Joanna Moore

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Actress

The Resume

    (November 10, 1934-November 22, 1997)
    Born in Parrott, Georgia
    Birth name was Dorothy Joanne Cook
    Appeared in the films ‘Touch of Evil’ (1958), ‘Monster on the Campus’ (1958), ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ (1962), ‘Son of Flubber’ (1963), ‘Never a Dull Moment’ (1968), ‘The Hindenburg’ (1975) and ‘Run Chrissie Run!’ (1986)
    Guest appearances in numerous TV series, most notably four episodes of The Andy Griffith Show as Peg McMillan, a love interest for Sheriff Andy Taylor (1962)
    Married Ryan O’Neal (1963-67)
    Mother of Tatum and Griffin O’Neal

Why she might be annoying:

    All four of her marriages ended in divorce.
    Her marriages not involving Ryan O’Neal all lasted less than two years.
    She was an alcoholic and abused amphetamines.
    She was arrested for DUI five times in the 1980s.
    She lost custody of her children to Ryan.
    She ended up dependent on daughter Tatum for financial support.
    She chain smoked cigarettes, which probably contributed to the lung cancer that killed her.

Why she might not be annoying:

    When she was seven, her parents and younger sister were in a car crash. Her mother and sister died immediately, while her father died a year later from the injuries sustained in the crash.
    She came to Hollywood after winning a beauty contest in her home state of Georgia.
    She started going deaf from otosclerosis, but an operation restored her hearing (1962).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying