Joyce Van Patten

Biography

Joyce Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American stage, film and television actress.

Known For

Law & Order

Dr. Ramona Stark

The Sopranos

Dr. Sandy Shaw

Columbo

Ruth Lytton

Columbo

Sister of Mercy

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Desperate Housewives

Carol Prudy

Perry Mason

Sally Sheldon

Perry Mason

Fay Gilmer

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2019	Diane	Madge
2019	Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky	Herself
2019	Collaborators	Self
2014	God's Pocket	Aunt Sophie
2013	Angel's Perch	Polly
2012	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Mrs. McGowan
2011	This Must Be the Place	Dorothy Shore
2011	Peace, Love & Misunderstanding	Mariam
2010	Grown Ups	Gloria
2008	Marley & Me	Mrs. Butterly
1996	Infinity	Aunt Ruth
1996	Jake's Women	Edith
1994	Breathing Lessons	Serena
1994	Grandpa's Funeral	Iris Braimen
1994	The Gift of Love	Erika Magnussen
1992	Maid for Each Other	Leila
1991	The Haunted	Cora Miller
1989	Trust Me	Nettie Brown
1988	Monkey Shines	Dorothy Mann
1987	Blind Date	Nadia's Mother
1986	Under the Influence	Helen Talbot
1986	Billy Galvin
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Mrs. Boyce
1985	Malice in Wonderland	Dema Harshbarger
1985	Annie Oakley	Ma
1985	Picking Up the Pieces	Harriet Goodman
1985	St. Elmo's Fire	Mrs. Beamish
1983	The Demon Murder Case	Connie Frazier
1983	Another Woman's Child	Janet Stein
1983	In Defense of Kids	Caroline Ruben
1982	Bus Stop	Grace
1980	The Martian Chronicles	Elma Parkhill
1979	A Christmas for Boomer	Lila Manchester
1979	You Can't Take it With You	Miss Wellington
1979	Shadow of Fear
1978	The Comedy Company	Ellen Dietz
1978	Murder at the Mardi Gras	Janet Murphy
1978	To Kill a Cop	Betty Eischied
1976	The Bad News Bears	Cleveland
1976	Mikey and Nicky	Jan
1975	For the Use of the Hall	Alice
1975	Winner Take All	Edie Gould
1975	The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery	Ida Mae
1975	Let's Switch!	Linette Robbins
1974	Mame	Sally Cato
1974	The Book of Murder	Jane
1974	The Stranger Within	Phyllis
1974	Winter Kill	Grace Lockhard
1972	Bone	Bernadette
1972	Thumb Tripping	Mother
1971	Making It	Betty Fuller
1971	Something Big	Polly Standall
1970	Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You	Anna
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married!	Olga
1969	The Trouble with Girls	Maude
1968	I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!	Joyce
1958	The Goddess	Hillary
1951	Fourteen Hours	Barbara (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2009	The Good Wife	Agnes Silvestre
2004	Desperate Housewives	Carol Prudy
2002	Without a Trace	Paula
1999	The Sopranos	Dr. Sandy Shaw
1999	Judging Amy	Jane
1997	Oz	Sarah Rebadow
1995	Unhappily Ever After	Maureen Slattery
1994	Touched by an Angel	Sylvia Mangione
1994	All-American Girl	Emma
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Sarah Emerson
1993	NYPD Blue	Ruth Dwyer
1992	Bob
1991	Sisters
1991	Brooklyn Bridge
1990	Law & Order	Dr. Ramona Stark
1990	Northern Exposure	Pat Hillman
1985	Amazing Stories	Eva
1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Ma
1984	Crazy like a Fox	Sally
1980	The Martian Chronicles	Elma Parkhill
1979	The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
1977	Lou Grant
1974	The Rockford Files	Lianne Sweeny
1972	The Streets of San Francisco
1972	The Don Rickles Show
1972	The Bob Newhart Show	Connie Miller
1971	Columbo	Ruth Lytton
1971	Cannon	Kate Werner Macklin
1971	Columbo	Sister of Mercy
1971	Nichols	Arletta McGreevy
1970	The Odd Couple	Phyllis
1970	McCloud
1969	Medical Center	Paula Eckhart
1969	Love, American Style	Nikki
1968	The Good Guys	Claudia Gramus
1968	Hawaii Five-O	Lila Daniels
1968	Hawaii Five-O	Rhoda Lovejoy
1967	Mannix
1967	Accidental Family
1967	Mr. Terrific	Margo
1967	Mannix	Lola Collins
1965	The F.B.I.	Alice Kranz
1965	The Loner
1965	The Loner	Peggy Woodward
1963	Mr. Novak	Avis Brown
1963	The Outer Limits	Rhea Cashman
1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Giovanni's Daughter-in-Law
1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self
1962	The Virginian	Mary Stewart
1962	Stoney Burke	Laura Fredericks
1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Doris Baxter
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Grace
1961	Target: The Corruptors!
1961	Bus Stop
1961	Ben Casey
1961	Dr. Kildare	Julie Belmanno
1961	Dr. Kildare	Ruth Scully
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Laura Hollander
1960	Checkmate	Marcia James
1960	The Law and Mr. Jones	Ethel
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959	The Twilight Zone	Eileen Ransome
1959	The Detectives
1959	The Untouchables	Claire Vale
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Mrs. Maude Pomfritt
1958	Young Doctor Malone
1957	Perry Mason	Sally Sheldon
1957	Perry Mason	Fay Gilmer
1955	Gunsmoke	Molly
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Serena
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse
1947	Kraft Television Theatre