Joan Severance
Biography
Joan Severance is an American actress who began as a fashion model. Born in Houston, Texas, she started modeling as a teenager and became a top model in the 1970s and 1980s. She turned to acting in the mid-1980s. Her early roles included See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and No Holds Barred (1989). She drew acclaim for playing the villainess Susan Profitt in an eleven-episode arc of the television series Wiseguy. She often played femme fatale characters in low-budget horror and mystery films, among them Lake Consequence (1995) and Payback (1995). She starred in Black Scorpion (1995), a superhero film by Roger Corman, and in its sequel Black Scorpion II (1997), and co-produced the sequel and The Last Seduction II (1999). From 1998 to 1999, she played Security Chief Camille Hunter on Love Boat: The Next Wave. Later television work included Wicked Wicked Games in 2006 and American Horror Story: Asylum in 2013.
67years old
Turns 68 on December 23in 71 days
- Born Houston
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Joan Marie Severance
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 27 years1989 to 2016
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Behind the camera
Severance co-produced two of her later starring vehicles, the Roger Corman superhero sequel Black Scorpion II and The Last Seduction II.
A change of course
Severance started modeling at 15 to earn money for college, was discovered by Houston photographer Alan Martin after a Miss Houston contest, and was signed by John Casablancas to Elite Model Management, which sent her to Paris.
Joan Severance movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jonathan Winfrey directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jonathan WinfreyDirector, 2 films, 1995 to 1997
All films by Jonathan Winfrey
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Official profiles and reference pages.