Who is joan hackett

Joan Ann Hackett March 1, — October 8, was an American actress of film, stage and television. She had a sister, Theresa, and a brother, John. Her mother was from Naples, Italy , and her father had Irish ancestry, and they reared her Roman Catholic and sent her to Catholic schools. Hackett debuted in with the role of Gail Prentiss in the television series , Young Doctor Malone. Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? Jessica Hilliard. The Possessed Louise Gelson.

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According to personal friends, she accepted her fate with equanimity and dignity, dying at the age of just 49 in a hospital in Encino, California, in October Sign In. Edit Joan Hackett. Showing all 17 items. She always loved sleeping, and her mausoleum marker carries an admonition not to wake her while she's getting her beauty sleep: "Go Away - I'm Asleep".

Ravaged by cancer, a few weeks prior to her death she checked herself out of the hospital to host a wedding party at her Beverly Hills home for Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon. Just a few days later, her condition rapidly deteriorated. She then spent her last few weeks at Encino Hospital under aggressive treatment. She lost her battle on Saturday, October 8, , at pm.

A firm believer in the paranormal, while on location in Texas filming Harnessing the Sun , she persuaded the film's director, Dirk Wayne Summers , to fly in a clairvoyant aura reader. She arranged for the entire crew to receive extrasensory readings.