10 Facts About Joan Alexander

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Joan Alexander's father died when she was three, and when her mother remarried, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York.

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Joan Alexander was sent to attend a convent school on Long Island.

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Joan Alexander became a model and actress, and studied acting in Europe with Benno Schneider, a director in the Yiddish theater.

4.

Joan Alexander portrayed newspaper reporter Lois Lane in the superhero radio program The Adventures of Superman for more than 1,600 episodes.

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Joan Alexander was heard on Dimension X and Philo Vance, Against the Storm and on Perry Mason, in the first portrayal of supporting character Della Street, secretary to defense attorney Mason.

6.

Joan Alexander played Althea on The Brighter Day on radio.

7.

Joan Alexander reprised the role of Lois Lane for one season of the 1966 Filmation animated series The New Adventures of Superman.

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Joan Alexander appeared on Broadway in Poor Richard by Jean Kerr in 1964.

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Joan Alexander died on May 21,2009, at the age of 94 from an intestinal blockage.

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Joan Alexander is survived by her son Timothy Stanton, his wife Agnes Stanton and grandsons Liam and Conrad Stanton as well as her daughter, Jane Stanton Hitchcock.