Barnes, Priscilla 1952(?)– (Joann Witty)

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Barnes, Priscilla 1952(?)- (Joann Witty)

PERSONAL

Born December 7, 1952 (some sources cite 1955), in Fort Dix, NJ; married Ted Monte (an actor), 2003.

Addresses:

Agent—AKA Talent Agency, 6310 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Actress. Performer with the Vivacious Vixens dance troupe. Toured with Bob Hope and entertained military personnel. Participated in beauty pageants. As Joann Witty, modeled as a Penthouse pet of the month, 1976.

Awards, Honors:

Won various beauty pageant titles, including Miss Hollywood, Miss Redlands, Miss San Bernadino, and Miss San Fernando Valley; first runner-up in the Miss California pageant and named Miss Photogenic in the same pageant.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Rebecca "Becky" Tomkins, The American Girls (also known as Have Girls Will Travel), CBS, 1978.

Terri Alden, Three's Company (also known as Herzbube mit zwei Damen, Tre cuori in affitto, and Un hombre en casa), ABC, 1981-84.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(In archive footage) Herself, The Ultimate Hollywood Blonde, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Weena, The Time Machine (also known as Die Zeitmaschine), NBC, 1978.

Denise Franklin, A Vacation in Hell (also known as Kauhuyoe viidakossa), NBC, 1979.

Melanie Adams, Scruples, ABC, 1981.

Maggie McCulloch, The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch, ABC, 1982.

Amy, Perfect People, ABC, 1988.

Brenda Kingsley, Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo, NBC, 1992.

Christine Davis, Stepfather III (also known as Stepfather 3: Father's Day, In casa con il nemico, Mostohaapa 3., and Stepfather III—Vatertag), HBO, 1992.

Crystal, "He Never Gave Me Orgasm," Attack of the 5′2″ Women (also known as National Lampoon's "Attack of the 5 Ft 2 Woman," Donne all'attacco!, and Mujeres al ataque), Showtime, 1994.

Edith, Witch Academy (also known as Little Devils), USA Network, 1995.

Frankie, Singapore Sling: Old Flames (also known as Asian Connection: Old Flames), 1995.

Marlene Brighton, The Cowboy and the Movie Star (also known as Love on the Edge), Fox Family Channel, 1998.

Chloe, Implicated, Cinemax, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), ABC, 1982.

Host, The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, ABC, 1984.

Lila Gaines, The Letters from Moab, Showtime, 1991.

Herself, John Ritter Remembered, VH1, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Linda, "Bloodlines," Cannon, CBS, 1976.

Lauren Ingeborg, "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls," The Rockford Files (also known as Jim Rockford, Private Investigator), NBC, 1977.

Jeannette Arnold, "The Congressman Was Indiscreet/Isaac's History Lesson/Winner Take Love," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978.

Lisa Kendrick, "Foxy Lady," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1978.

"Sixty Miles to Hell," Kojak, CBS, 1978.

Pam and Satin, "Love Affair," Vega$ (also known as Vegas), ABC, 1980.

Tawny, "Fantasy Borough: Part 2," Taxi, ABC, 1980.

Britta Sorenson, "Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, ABC, 1982.

Elayne Grayson, "Final Chapters," Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"), ABC, 1984.

Vicky Gallegos, "Dead Heat," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985.

Maryanne Thompson, "The Revenge of the Esperanza," Blacke's Magic, NBC, 1986.

Donna Shepard, "Mixed Emotions," Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"), ABC, 1987.

Mary Anders and Tawny Turner, "Summer Camp," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1989.

Serial killer, "Venus Flytrap," Dark Justice, CBS, 1992.

Veronica Barclay, "Happy Valley," Time Trax, syndicated, 1994.

Christy Winters, "Who Killed the Toy Maker?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995.

Diane Richards, "One Wedding and a Funeral," Total Security, ABC, 1997.

Sheila Dunn, "Cold Warriors," Viper, syndicated, NBC, 1997.

Herself, "Three's Company," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Three's Company: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Vanessa Klein, "Higher Calling," Snoops (also known as Eliittietsivaet, Spie, and Snoops—Charmant und brandgefaehrlich), ABC, 1999.

Liz Morgan, "Liberty & Larceny," The Invisible Man (also known as I-Man, El hombre, Invisible Man—Der Unsichtbare, and Naekymaetoen mies), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

Morlock (head of a dating service), "Love Conquers Evil," Good versus Evil (also known as G vs. E and GvsE), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

"10 Days? Are You Crazy?," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2001.

Warden Stoop, "Perilyzed," She Spies (also known as B.A.I.T., Ele spioneaza, Kemcsajok, and Superespias), syndicated, 2002.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

The Incredible Hulk: Death in the Family (also known as The Return of the Incredible Hulk, El regreso del hombre increible, and O regresso do Incrivel Hulk), CBS, 1977.

Sheriff Hildy Granger, She's the Sheriff, CBS, 1983.

Patricia Franklin, For the People (also known as Para la gente), Lifetime, 2002.

Film Appearances:

First girl from bar, Tintorera! (also known as TintoreraBloody Waters, Tintorera-The Silent Death, and TintoreraTiger Shark), 1977.

Karen, Delta Fox, Sebastian International, 1977.

Leslie Valentine, Beyond Reason, Allwyn, 1977.

Claudia, Texas Detour, Hikmet Aredis, 1978.

Sylvia, The Seniors (also known as The Senior), Cinema Shares, 1978.

Donna, "Skippy," Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, I seduttori della domenica, and Les seducteurs), United Artists, 1980.

Helena Dryden, The Last Married Couple in America, Universal, 1980.

Mayor Alexandria Cray, Traxx, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1988.

Della Churchill, Licence to Kill (also known as Bond XVI, Licence Revoked, License to Kill, Personal Vendetta, Agente 007, vendetta privata, A Kem, aki szeretett engem, James Bond 007—Lizenz zum Toeten, Licencia para matar, Licencja na zabijanie, Llicencia per matar, 007 ja lupa tappaa, 007—Licenca para matar, 007—Permissao para matar, Permis de tuer, Rishayon La'arog, and Tid foer haemnd), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Claire, Lords of the Deep, Concorde Pictures, 1989.

Cassandra Hubbard, Talons of the Eagle, 1992.

Vera Vin Rouge, Body Trouble (also known as Joker's Wild), 1992.

Claire, "Taboo Parlor," Erotique (also known as Let's Talk about Sex), Group One Distribution, 1994.

Sister Fong, May Jean, 1994.

Sarah, Ava's Magical Adventure, Prism Pictures, 1994.

Verna, The Crossing Guard, Miramax, 1995.

Miss Ivannah, Mallrats (also known as Mall Rats, Banda en fuga, Barrados no shopping, Generazione X, Les glandeurs, Mallrats—haeirikoet, Mallrats—Kaufhausclique in Liebesnoeten, and Shop-Show), Gramercy Pictures, 1995.

Cops n Roberts, 1995.

Della Desordo, The Killing Grounds, A-pix Entertainment, 1997.

Sally Willows, Catherine's Grove (also known as Crossover, Ein Grab zuviel, and La desparicion de Catherine), PM Entertainment Group, 1997.

Chris, Divorce: A Contemporary Western, 1998.

Landlady, Mumford (also known as Dr. Mumford, Algo va a cambiar en tu vida, Dr. Mumford: Inocencia ou culpa?, and Ha-haverrim Shel Mumford), Buena Vista, 1999.

Hash Brown's, DreamReel Productions, 1999.

Claire Andrews, Alone with a Stranger, 2000.

Sharon Moreno, Final Payback, York Entertainment, 2001.

Stephanie, The Back Lot Murders, Framework Entertainment Group, 2002.

Sheila, Shrink Rap, Indican Pictures, 2003.

Sheila, Unseen Evil 2 (also known as Alien 3000), Amsell Entertainment, 2004.

Tom 51, Assembly Line Studios, 2005.

Miss Olivia, Heart of the Beholder, Beholder Productions, 2005.

Roxy Free, Sex Sells: The Making of "Touche," Hermosa Beach Filmworks, 2005.

Gloria Sullivan, The Devil's Rejects (also known as The Devil's Rejects: House of 1000 Corpses 2, House of 1000 Corpses 2, House of 2,000 Corpses, and TDR—The Devil's Rejects), Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Dee Henchie, The Visitation, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Belinda Parson, Thr3e (also known as Three), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

(In archive footage) Gloria Sullivan, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary), ThinkFilm, 2007.

Jean, Trailer Park of Terror, 2007.

Silvia Braddock, An American in China, 2007.

Vera Mason, Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, Lionsgate, 2007.

Film Work:

Associate producer, Sex Sells: The Making of "Touche," Hermosa Beach Filmworks, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982.

Bus Stop, Flint, MI, 1985.

Leslie, What I Did for Love, McCadden Place Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, 30 Days in Hell (also known as 30 Days in Hell: The Making of "The Devil's Rejects"), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2005.

Herself, On the Set with John Glen (short), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Ladies' Home Journal, March, 1983, p. 108.

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