Joanna Pang
| Joanna Pang | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| Other names | Joanna Pang Atkins |
| 🏫 Education | Holy Names High School |
| 🎓 Alma mater | San Francisco State College |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1965- |
| Known for | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Richard Atkins (m. 1982) |
| 👶 Children | 1 |
| 🌐 Website | joannapangatkins |
Joanna Pang is an American actress, dancer and teaching artist. She is known for the CBS top-rated American live-action superhero television series, The Secrets of Isis produced by Filmation. Other credits include the films Nothing Lasts Forever and Once a Thief.
Early life[edit]
Joanna Pang attended Holy Names High School in Oakland, California. She was a member of both the San Francisco Opera Ring and the Oakland Civic Light Opera. She studied drama at San Francisco State College. Joanna's foray into the performing arts came naturally as her mother is a noted Bay area dance director.[1] She grew up in Berkeley and Oakland, the Bay area.[2]
Career[edit]
Pang began her professional career at the age of five when she went on tour with the San Francisco Ballet's presentation of The Nutcracker. She performed in musical stage productions of West Side Story, The Music Man, Once Upon a Mattress and South Pacific. She moved to New York and began working in many off-Broadway plays. These included "Morality", "The Chickencoop Chinaman", and "The Cup". She performed in an East Coast revival of South Pacific with Betsy Palmer. Pang was in the film Once a Thief with Ann-Margaret, Alain Delon, and Jack Palance. She appeared in a video tape adaptation of The Crucible and recorded an audio version of the play for the blind.[1]
The acting career of Pang reached a new level when she was cast as the narrator of "The Return of the Phoenix", a highly acclaimed presentation on the "CBS Festival of the Lively Arts". "Phoenix" brought her to the attention of CBS executives and she was featured in the "CBS Daytime 90" production of "Once in Her Life". She has been seen on "Patchwork Family", a popular children's show on WCBS-TV in New York City for the past two seasons.[1]
Pang was cast as a teenage idol on the CBS series, The Secrets of Isis playing Cindy Lee, opposite Isis (Joanna Cameron) who is the alter ego of Andrea Thomas, science teacher at Larkspur High School. The show began very popular and was #1 in their timeslot. She received plenty of fan mail and she answered them with a letter and photo. Pang performed in commercials including Florsheim Shoes. They also hired her to be their shoe model. She also worked for Dr Pepper in their first song and dance commercial, "Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?". She wore a short wig in the commercial. Other commercials she performed in were Lee jeans, Singer sewing machines, United Airlines, and Banquet frozen foods. She and her brother made an appearance as dancers on The Lawrence Welk Show. Afterwards, the show hired a couple to perform different kinds of ballroom dancing as regulars.[2]
Joanna Pang appearances on television varied from a skit on Saturday Night Live with Gilda Radner, numerous daytime soap operas, and dozens of television commercials.[3]
She was in the world premiere production of "Sayonara" at the Paper Mill Playhouse, the state theatre in New Jersey. The play was based on the James Mitchener book and the old Marlon Brando movie. Pang was in many productions of South Pacific including one with Jane Powell and Howard Keel.[2]
Pang was honored as Outstanding Arts Educator of 2014 by Morris Arts of New Jersey.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Joanna Pang married television producer Richard Atkins on April 25, 1982, at the home of the groom's parents. They have one son named Davy.[5][4]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Maria (uncredited) | Crime film |
| 1979 | Voices | Dancer (uncredited) | Romance film |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Lunar Maiden | Fantasy film |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lawrence Welk Show | Ballroom Dancers | (with brother) one episode | |
| 1972 | The Patchwork Family | ||
| 1975 | The Secrets of Isis | Cindy Lee | 15 episodes |
| 1979 | Harris and Company | Waitress | |
| 1980 | Saturday Night Live | segment "Jewess Jeans" with Gilda Radner | Episode: "Elliot Gould / Gary Numan" |
| Don't Miss the Boat | Number One Daughter | TV film |
Theater[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayonara | Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey | |||
| 1972 | The Chickencoop Chinaman | Hong Kong Dream Girl (character who appear in fantasy / dream sequence) | Off-Broadway The American Place Theatre |
Original cast member in a lead role with Randall Duk Kim, Sab Shimono, Sally Kirkland, Anthony Marciona, and Leonard Jackson |
| 1974 | The King and I | [6] | Anne Jeffreys in cast | |
| 1977 | South Pacific | Liat | Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts[7] | Jane Powell as Nellie Forbush Howard Keel as Emile de Becque |
| 1978 | Detroit Theatre[8] | |||
| West Side Story | ||||
| The Crucible | ||||
| Once Upon a Mattress | ||||
| The Music Man |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Outstanding Arts Educator | Won |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bio - October 1975". Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Exclusive Interview - Joanna Pang". Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Morrisedfoundation page 18". March 20, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Joanna Pang Atkins Biography". Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ "New York Times - Richard Atkins Marries Joanna Pang, a Dancer". Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Joanna Pang". Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ Coe, Richard L. (August 16, 1977). "Jane Powell in 'South Pacific'". Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ↑ DeVine, Lawrence (February 10, 1978). "Nothing Like 'South Pacific': At 28 It's Still Younger Than Springtime". Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Joanna Pang on IMDb
- Joanna Pang on LinkedIn
- Joanna Pang on Instagram
- Joanna Pang on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Joanna Pang on Facebook
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