Joey Heatherton
William Jenkins 
I remember when I was a kid seeing her on all the 60's variety shows like Dean Martin, Bob Hope and Laugh In. Then in the 70's she became the commercial queen with those Nabisco products. Finally she made her big "comeback" stepping into the Hogan Family tv show. After that she fell off the face of the earth. I wonder why? Did she retire? Is she still alive?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 11, 2019 7:43 AM |
I think you are somehow getting her mixed up with DL-fave Sandy Duncan, who was famous for her Wheat Thin commercials and the Hogans TV show.
Heatherton's career never amounted to much, save for a few bad movies, scattered TV variety show appearances, and her slutty mattress commercials.
Duncan and Heatherton are nothing alike.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 30, 2019 3:28 AM |
Wait, r2. Joey had really short red hair, right?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 30, 2019 3:29 AM |
Girl, just tdon't light up on a plane.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 30, 2019 3:30 AM |
And r2, Joey was a dancer? Yes?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 30, 2019 3:31 AM |
She’s still alive — 74 years old.
She was sexy, and my biggest memory of her is her marriage to Dallas Cowboy tight end Lance Rentzel for a few years around 1970. I thought he was so hot. Things fell apart for him when he was charged with exposing himself to a 10 year old girl. Rentzel is still alive, too, btw.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 30, 2019 4:36 AM |
She was one of the best high kickers in the business.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 30, 2019 4:38 AM |
From what I've read, she's become a reclusive and ill-tempered ol' lady. She had ash-blond hair, cut short.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 30, 2019 5:54 AM |
Not Nabisco,...Serta.
My favorite part of her Wikipedia page: "On August 30, 1986, Heatherton was arrested for assault in Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York, after she stabbed Jerry Fisher, her former boyfriend and ex-manager, in the hand with a steak knife during an argument." If I remember correctly, he called her a has-been and she grabbed the knife.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 30, 2019 5:56 AM |
"I guess ya want your passport updated, huh?"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 30, 2019 5:59 AM |
She was very popular in the 1960s. LOTS of TV appearences. As a kid I loved her summer show with Frank Sinatra. Jr.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 30, 2019 5:59 AM |
She actually has one of the great untold stories. Very sordid. Like Vanity, Joey was used up in just about every way you can be. Then she turned on herself.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 30, 2019 6:00 AM |
She didnt age particularly well and I seem to recall in her older age an extreme battle with anorexia.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 30, 2019 5:07 PM |
Her descent into mental illness parallels Margot Kidder.
I wonder how she is doing. She is a survivor.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 10, 2019 10:41 AM |
Does she have a glass eye?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 10, 2019 10:46 AM |
I loved her as a gayling. I hope she is doing well now. I know she’s been through a rough time.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 10, 2019 11:06 AM |
When they say no smoking on the airplane, they really mean no smoking on the airplane. Not even if you're Joey Heatherton.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 11, 2019 3:57 AM |
She was really ground up by what remained of the studio system.
And she is still alive.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 11, 2019 4:14 AM |
Forget Joey. The name on everybody's lips should be Chrissy.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 11, 2019 4:54 AM |
She had a "don't mess with me" look to her.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 11, 2019 5:18 AM |
Joey was a Bad Girl who looked like a Good Girl.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 11, 2019 5:45 AM |
Before she got all tarted-up. She was sort of the precursor to Pia Zadora.
Oh well, girl's gotta make a living.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 11, 2019 6:02 AM |
My Serta commercials were so much more elegant
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 11, 2019 6:03 AM |
Good lord no, ahe didn't look like a good girl, she had trashy bitch face.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 11, 2019 6:09 AM |
I only know her because she guest starred on Laverne & Shirley in one of the later LA-set seasons. I remember asking my mom who she was and she was hard pressed to come up with actual examples of her work.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 11, 2019 7:12 AM |
Joey was a fixture on 1960-1970s television, having appeared on numerous variety shows, starting with a semi-regular part on The Perry Como Show, as a freshly-scrubbed teen with a crush on Como, then later on The Dean Martin Show, all grown up and sex kittenish. She became known for her wild, suggestive dancing, which some television audiences found too risqué, but got her booked many times on the Tonight Show and on Bob Hope's USO tours to Vietnam.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 11, 2019 7:43 AM |
Joey was a fixture on 1960-1970s television, having appeared on numerous variety shows, starting with a semi-regular part on The Perry Como Show, as a freshly-scrubbed teen with a crush on Como, then later on The Dean Martin Show, all grown up and sex kittenish. She became known for her wild, suggestive dancing, which some television audiences found too risqué, but got her booked many times on the Tonight Show and on Bob Hope's USO tours to Vietnam.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 11, 2019 7:43 AM |
