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Joyce Van Patten

Joyce Van Patten

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

Joyce Van Patten is an American actress of film and stage who began performing as a child, making her stage debut at nine in Tomorrow, the World! She went on to appear on Broadway and off-Broadway, and she recorded excerpts from Spoon River Anthology with Charles Aidman and Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn. Her television debut came as a regular on The Danny Kaye Show; she later co-starred as Claudia Gramus in the sitcom The Good Guys from 1968 to 1970 and played Janice Turner on As the World Turns. In film she played Mrs. Beamish in St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Gloria Noonan in Grown Ups (2010), and she appeared in The Bad News Bears (1976). Other film work includes Mame (1974) and Monkey Shines (1988).

92years old

Turns 93 on March 9in 146 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
  • Also credited as Joyce Benignia Van Patten

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
51 years1968 to 2019

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  1. First role

    Joyce Van Patten made her stage debut at age 9 in Tomorrow, the World!, launching a career that later took her to Broadway in shows such as A Hole in the Head and Brighton Beach Memoirs.

  2. Beyond film

    Van Patten appeared and recorded excerpts from Spoon River Anthology with Charles Aidman and Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn, a piece of performing work beyond her film and television credits.

Joyce Van Patten movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Grown Ups2010 Comedyas Gloria

    IMDb rating 6.0319K votes

  2. The Bad News Bears1976 Comedy, Family, Sportas Cleveland

    IMDb rating 7.328K votes

  3. Monkey Shines1988as Dorothy Mann

    IMDb rating 6.215K votes

  4. The Falcon and the Snowman1985as Mrs. Boyce

    IMDb rating 6.814K votes

  5. St. Elmo's Fire1985as Mrs. Beamish

    IMDb rating 6.451K votes

  6. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!1968as Joyce

    IMDb rating 6.23.7K votes

  7. Blind Date1987as Nadia's Mother

    IMDb rating 6.026K votes

  8. Mikey and Nicky1976as Jan

    IMDb rating 7.39.7K votes

Most often with

Three 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.

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Films together

Box office

What Joyce Van Patten's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$687 million

9 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 8Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Grown Ups2010as Gloria
    $271M39.5% of the total
  2. 2
    Marley & Me2008as Mrs. Butterly
    $256M37.2% of the total
  3. 3
    The Bad News Bears1976as Cleveland
    $42M6.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Blind Date1987as Nadia's Mother
    $39M5.7% of the total
  5. 5
    St. Elmo's Fire1985as Mrs. Beamish
    $38M5.5% of the total
  6. 6
    $17M2.5% of the total
  7. 7
    This Must Be the Place2011as Dorothy Shore
    $12M1.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Mame1974as Sally Cato
    $6.5M0.9% of the total
Monkey Shines (1988), $5.3 million

$5.3 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total