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name: "Joanna Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-lee"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 April 1931"
died: "24 October 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:43.081299+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."
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# Joanna Lee

Actor. Born 7 April 1931 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 24 October 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 April 1931, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 2003

## Biography

Joanna Lee (1931–2003) was an American actress, writer, producer and director. She began her career in small acting roles in the late 1950s, including the part of Tanna in the film *Plan 9 from Outer Space* (1957).

Following a car accident in 1961 that ended her acting work, Lee became a television writer. She contributed episodes to series including *My Three Sons* (1962), *The Flintstones* (more than twenty scripts and creator of the character The Great Gazoo), *Gilligan's Island*, *The Brady Bunch* and *The Waltons*. In 1974 she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for a Thanksgiving episode of *The Waltons*.

Lee later formed her own production company and wrote, produced and directed several made-for-television films and specials, often addressing social issues such as teenage pregnancy and divorce.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Plan 9 from Outer Space* (1957), Fi1m 67, as Tanna — [page](https://film.one/film/plan-9-from-outer-space.md)

## Also known for

- *The Flintstones* (1960), Writer
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Writer
- *Bewitched* (1964), Writer
- *The Jetsons* (1962), Story
- *Gilligan's Island* (1964), Writer
- *The Brady Bunch* (1969), Writer
- *The Waltons* (1972), Writer
- *Jonny Quest* (1964), Writer

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