---
name: "Joanna Frank"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-frank"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 March 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:14:32.020533+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joanna Frank

Actor. Born 7 March 1941 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 March 1941, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1963–1989
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1980s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Frank, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6205830, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/196136

## Biography

Joanna Frank is an American actress. Born Johanna Bochco on 7 March 1941 in New York City, she made her screen debut as Vartuhi in Elia Kazan's *America America* (1963). Her other film roles include parts in *The Savage Seven* (1968) and *Say Anything...* (1989).

On television she appeared in episodes of *The Outer Limits* (1964) as Regina, *The Fugitive* (1964) as Chris Polichek and *L.A. Law* (1986–1994) as Sheila Brackman. She is the sister of television producer Steven Bochco and was married to actor Alan Rachins.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, as Mrs. Kerwin — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Vartuhi — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Say Anything...* (1989), as Mrs. Kerwin — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Sheila Brackman
- *Always … But Not Forever* (1985), as Lucy
- *Double Exposure* (1982), as Bartender's Ex-Wife
- *The Case of the Baltimore Girls* (1978), as Rebecca Wilde
- *Probe* (1972), as Stewardess (uncredited)
- *The Young Animals* (1968), as Raquel
- *The Savage Seven* (1968), as Marcia
- *America America* (1963), as Vartuhi — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Chris Polichek — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Regina

## Gallery

- ![Joanna Frank](https://film.one/media/person/455328/gallery-36f07cfd7169.jpg) Joanna Frank — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Joanna_Frank.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alan Rachins and wife Joanna Frank on the red carpet at the 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 8/28/88 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post  (1988)](https://film.one/media/person/455328/gallery-a78dbf4d72f5.jpg) Alan Rachins and wife Joanna Frank on the red carpet at the 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 8/28/88 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post  (1988) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Alan_Rachins_%26_Joanna_Frank_%28254189751%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![1988 Emmy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. Scan](https://film.one/media/person/455328/gallery-b5f7349bb078.jpg) 1988 Emmy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. Scan — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Alan_Rachins%2C_Joanna_Frank_%282092446572%29.jpg/1280px-Alan_Rachins%2C_Joanna_Frank_%282092446572%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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