Joyce Ingalls | |
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Born | Joyce Elaine Ingalls January 14, 1950 |
Died | August 5, 2015 (age 65)
Burbank, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
Spouse | Darrell Fetty |
Joyce Elaine Ingalls (January 14, 1950 – August 5, 2015) was an American actress and model, best known for her roles in Paradise Alley in 1978 and Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. She also had a guest role in the television series Starsky and Hutch in 1979, as the mutual love interest of both main characters. [1] [2]
Ingalls was born on January 14, 1950, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Frederick G. Ingalls, a U.S. Navy commander, and Elaine Wright Ingalls, a relative of the Wright Brothers. [1] [3] Ingalls had five sisters and three brothers. [4]
Ingalls' mother died in 1959. Her father remarried JoAnn DiSandro, who raised Joyce Ingalls and her four siblings, as well as four more children of Frederick and JoAnn. [3]
In 1966, [5] Ingalls won Co-Ed Magazine's [6] national High School Cover Girl contest when she was 16. [1] [5] The contest led to a contract with the Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared in numerous fashion magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, and Vogue. [1] [2] Ingalls was the face of a 1973 advertising campaign for Yardley of London, a British cosmetics company. [2] She also appeared in print ads for Black Velvet whisky, Breck Shampoo (as one of the Breck Girls), and Clairol. [2]
Ingalls was best known for her role as Bunchie, a prostitute who comforts Sylvester Stallone's character, Cosmo Carboni, in the 1978 drama, Paradise Alley. [1] [2] She also appeared in The Man Who Would Not Die [7] in 1975, Deadly Force in 1983, and Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. [1]
In 1978, Ingalls was named when Sylvester Stallone was sued for divorce by his wife, Sasha, "who claimed the star of Rocky used community funds for a vacation for himself and actress Joyce Ingalls." [8] Earlier that year, gossip columnist Liz Smith had written: "Sylvester ("Sly") Stallone and his Paradise Valley co-star Joyce Ingalls are what one might call a real hot item. Mrs. Stallone knows all about it and is definitely not happy." [9]
A 1978 newspaper article reported that Ingalls "has been married once previously but doesn't like to discuss that part of her past." [4]
In 1984, Ingalls married Darrell Fetty, a screenwriter and actor, at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, California. [1] They had two sons. [10] Ingalls and Fetty oversaw their Little Brown Church's homeless ministry. [2] They also operated the church's food pantry, now called the Darrell & Joyce Fetty Food Pantry, for nearly 25 years. [2] The food pantry is estimated to have served thousands of families. [2]
Ingalls died of an undisclosed illness at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, on August 5, 2015, at the age of 65. [1] [2] She is survived by her husband, Darrell Fetty; two sons, her stepmother, the former JoAnn DiSandro; and eight siblings. [2] Her father Frederick died in 1996. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Pat Reagan | |
1978 | Paradise Alley | Bunchie | |
1983 | Deadly Force | Eddie Cooper | |
1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Nurse | Final film role |
Joyce Ingalls | |
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Born | Joyce Elaine Ingalls January 14, 1950 |
Died | August 5, 2015 (age 65)
Burbank, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
Spouse | Darrell Fetty |
Joyce Elaine Ingalls (January 14, 1950 – August 5, 2015) was an American actress and model, best known for her roles in Paradise Alley in 1978 and Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. She also had a guest role in the television series Starsky and Hutch in 1979, as the mutual love interest of both main characters. [1] [2]
Ingalls was born on January 14, 1950, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Frederick G. Ingalls, a U.S. Navy commander, and Elaine Wright Ingalls, a relative of the Wright Brothers. [1] [3] Ingalls had five sisters and three brothers. [4]
Ingalls' mother died in 1959. Her father remarried JoAnn DiSandro, who raised Joyce Ingalls and her four siblings, as well as four more children of Frederick and JoAnn. [3]
In 1966, [5] Ingalls won Co-Ed Magazine's [6] national High School Cover Girl contest when she was 16. [1] [5] The contest led to a contract with the Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared in numerous fashion magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, and Vogue. [1] [2] Ingalls was the face of a 1973 advertising campaign for Yardley of London, a British cosmetics company. [2] She also appeared in print ads for Black Velvet whisky, Breck Shampoo (as one of the Breck Girls), and Clairol. [2]
Ingalls was best known for her role as Bunchie, a prostitute who comforts Sylvester Stallone's character, Cosmo Carboni, in the 1978 drama, Paradise Alley. [1] [2] She also appeared in The Man Who Would Not Die [7] in 1975, Deadly Force in 1983, and Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. [1]
In 1978, Ingalls was named when Sylvester Stallone was sued for divorce by his wife, Sasha, "who claimed the star of Rocky used community funds for a vacation for himself and actress Joyce Ingalls." [8] Earlier that year, gossip columnist Liz Smith had written: "Sylvester ("Sly") Stallone and his Paradise Valley co-star Joyce Ingalls are what one might call a real hot item. Mrs. Stallone knows all about it and is definitely not happy." [9]
A 1978 newspaper article reported that Ingalls "has been married once previously but doesn't like to discuss that part of her past." [4]
In 1984, Ingalls married Darrell Fetty, a screenwriter and actor, at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, California. [1] They had two sons. [10] Ingalls and Fetty oversaw their Little Brown Church's homeless ministry. [2] They also operated the church's food pantry, now called the Darrell & Joyce Fetty Food Pantry, for nearly 25 years. [2] The food pantry is estimated to have served thousands of families. [2]
Ingalls died of an undisclosed illness at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, on August 5, 2015, at the age of 65. [1] [2] She is survived by her husband, Darrell Fetty; two sons, her stepmother, the former JoAnn DiSandro; and eight siblings. [2] Her father Frederick died in 1996. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Pat Reagan | |
1978 | Paradise Alley | Bunchie | |
1983 | Deadly Force | Eddie Cooper | |
1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Nurse | Final film role |