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Joyce Van Patten Net Worth

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Published Jan 04, 2026



Joyce Benignia Van Patten net worth is
$14 Million

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Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for the wry, astringent and neurotic characters she portrays. 
Full NameJoyce Benignia Van Patten
Net Worth$14 Million
Date Of BirthMarch 9, 1934
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
OccupationStage, film, and television actress
ProfessionActress, Producer, Soundtrack
SpouseMartin Balsam ; child
ChildrenThomas Casey King
NicknamesJoyce Benignia Van Patten, Joyce Van Patten, Van Patten, Joyce Benignia
Star SignPisces
#Fact
1Former mother-in-law of George Clooney.
2She made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
3As a small child, auditioned for, but was not cast in, the role of Bonnie Blue Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939).
4Mother-in-law of actor John Slattery.
5Son named Thomas Casey King, born November 12 1951, in New York City, was from her first marriage. He has gone by the acting stage name Casey King and made his film debut at age 19 in Making It (1971) which featured both his mother Joyce Van Patten and uncle Dick Van Patten.
6Daughter of Richard Byron Van Patten and wife Josephine Rose Acerno.
7Made her debut at five months old modeling a baby blanket in a Sears catalog.
8Ironically played ex-husband Martin Balsam's wife in 80s film St. Elmo's Fire (1985).
9Aunt of Vincent Van Patten, Nels Van Patten and James Van Patten.
10Sister-in-law of Pat Van Patten.
11Half sister of Timothy Van Patten.
12Mother of actress Talia Balsam
13Sister of actor Dick Van Patten. They appeared together as children in Reg'lar Fellers (1941), and, decades later, in Making It (1971).

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Stranger Within1974TV MoviePhyllis
Winter Kill1974TV MovieGrace Lockhard
Insight1972-1974TV SeriesMarie Slovak / Thelma Montanus
The Wide World of Mystery1974TV SeriesJane
Mame1974Sally Cato
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law1974TV SeriesRuth Tannen
Love, American Style1970-1974TV SeriesJanet (segment "Love and Mr. Bunny") / Marge (segment "Love and the Playwright") / (segment "Love and the Plane Truth") / ...
The New Dick Van Dyke Show1973TV SeriesHenrietta
The Streets of San Francisco1973TV SeriesMrs. Rudolph
Mannix1967-1973TV SeriesDodie Green / Lola Collins
The Bob Newhart Show1973TV SeriesConnie Miller
Hawaii Five-O1970-1972TV SeriesRhoda Lovejoy / Lila Daniels
Medical Center1972TV SeriesPaula Eckhart
Thumb Tripping1972Mother
Bone1972Bernadette
Cannon1972TV SeriesKate Werner Macklin
The Don Rickles Show1972TV SeriesJean Benedict
McCloud1972TV SeriesLucy Sloan
The Bravos1972TV Movie uncredited
Young Dr. Kildare1972TV SeriesNurse Marvin
Something Big1971Polly Standall
Nichols1971TV SeriesArletta McGreevy
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1971TV SeriesMillicent Wilson
Making It1971Betty Fuller
The F.B.I.1971TV SeriesAlice Kranz
Family Affair1970TV SeriesGail Spencer
The Odd Couple1970TV SeriesPhyllis
Men at Law1970TV SeriesElla
But I Don't Want to Get Married!1970TV MovieOlga
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You1970Anna
The Good Guys1968-1970TV SeriesClaudia Gramus
The Trouble with Girls1969Maude
Spoon River1969TV MovieReader
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!1968Joyce
Iron Horse1967TV SeriesAlice Fuller
The Andy Griffith Show1967TV SeriesLaura Hollander
Accidental Family1967TV SeriesMartha
Mr. Terrific1967TV SeriesMargo
The Danny Kaye Show1966TV SeriesGiovanni's Daughter-in-Law
The Loner1966TV SeriesPeggy Woodward
A Man Called Shenandoah1965TV SeriesLily
The Virginian1965TV SeriesMary Stewart
Slattery's People1965TV SeriesBarbara Harrison
The Jack Benny Program1965TV SeriesThe Wife, Mrs. Goodheart
Perry Mason1963-1965TV SeriesFay Gilmer / Sally Sheldon
Karen1965TV SeriesNora
Mr. Novak1965TV SeriesAvis Brown
The Outer Limits1964TV SeriesRhea Cashman
The Defenders1963TV SeriesNora Slater
Dr. Kildare1962-1963TV SeriesRuth Scully / Julie Belmanno
The Twilight Zone1963TV SeriesEileen Ransome
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1961-1963TV SeriesSpeed Pulitzer / Mrs. Maude Pomfritt / Ethel Bronkowski
The Untouchables1963TV SeriesClaire Vale
The Lloyd Bridges Show1963TV SeriesDoris Baxter
Stoney Burke1963TV SeriesLaura Fredericks
Gunsmoke1963TV SeriesMolly
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1963TV SeriesGrace
The New Loretta Young Show1962TV Series
Wide Country1962TV SeriesNina Corbello
The Detectives1962TV SeriesPhyllis
Checkmate1962TV SeriesMarcia James
Target: The Corruptors1962TV SeriesMadeleine
Bus Stop1962TV SeriesBetty
Ben Casey1961TV SeriesStella Maxwell
The Law and Mr. Jones1961TV SeriesEthel
Young Dr. Malone1958TV SeriesClara Kershaw (1959-1960)
The Goddess1958Hillary
As the World Turns1956TV SeriesJanice Turner Hughes #1 (1956-1957) (original cast)
The Big Story1954TV SeriesValerie Foster
Kraft Theatre1949-1951TV SeriesMary
Fourteen Hours1951Barbara (uncredited)
Armstrong Circle Theatre1950TV Series
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse1948TV Series
Boardwalk Empire2014TV SeriesMrs. Zeller - Crab Woman
God's Pocket2014Aunt Sophie
Angel's Perch2013Polly
Made in Jersey2012TV SeriesLilla
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas2012Mrs. McGowan
The Good Wife2011TV SeriesAgnes Silvestre
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding2011Mariam
This Must Be the Place2011Dorothy Shore
Grown Ups2010Gloria
Marley & Me2008Mrs. Butterly
My Mother's Hairdo2006ShortMary
Desperate Housewives2005TV SeriesCarol Prudy
Without a Trace2005TV SeriesPaula
Judging Amy2002-2003TV SeriesJane, Eric's Lawyer
NYPD Blue2002TV SeriesRuth Dwyer
The Sopranos2002TV SeriesDr. Sandy Shaw
Oz2002TV SeriesSarah Rebadow
Now and Again1999TV SeriesPsychiatrist
Touched by an Angel1999TV SeriesSylvia Mangione
Show & Tell1998Mrs. Mahler
Infinity1996Aunt Ruth
Unhappily Ever After1995-1996TV SeriesMaureen Slattery
Jake's Women1996TV MovieEdith
Grandpa's Funeral1994TV ShortIris Braimen
All-American Girl1994TV SeriesEmma
The Gift of Love1994TV MovieErika Magnussen
Northern Exposure1994TV SeriesPat Hillman
Breathing Lessons1994TV MovieSerena
Bob1993TV SeriesJoyce Leona-Curtis
Diagnosis Murder1993TV SeriesSarah Emerson
Law & Order1993TV SeriesRamona Stark, Ph.D.
Brooklyn Bridge1992TV SeriesHarriet Mueller
Maid for Each Other1992TV MovieLeila
Sisters1991TV SeriesBelle Adderly
The Haunted1991TV MovieCora Miller
Trust Me1989Nettie Brown
Monkey Shines1988Dorothy Mann
CBS Summer Playhouse1987TV SeriesIlene
Blind Date1987Nadia's Mother
Billy Galvin1986Mae Galvin
Under the Influence1986TV MovieHelen Talbot
Amazing Stories1986TV SeriesEva
Tall Tales & Legends1985TV SeriesMa
Picking Up the Pieces1985TV MovieHarriet Goodman
St. Elmo's Fire1985Mrs. Beamish
Malice in Wonderland1985TV MovieDema Harshbarger
The Falcon and the Snowman1985Mrs. Boyce
Crazy Like a Fox1984TV SeriesSally
In Defense of Kids1983TV MovieCaroline Ruben
The Demon Murder Case1983TV MovieConnie Frazier
Another Woman's Child1983TV MovieJanet Stein
Bus Stop1982TV MovieGrace
Eleanor, First Lady of the World1982TV Movie'Tommy' Thompson
Bulba1981TV MovieBarbara Thatcher
The Martian Chronicles1980TV Mini-SeriesElma Parkhill
A Christmas for Boomer1979TV MovieLila Manchester
You Can't Take It with You1979TV MovieMiss Wellington
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour1979TV SeriesIris Chapman
Visions1979TV SeriesKit
The Comedy Company1978TV MovieEllen Dietz
Murder at the Mardi Gras1978TV MovieJanet Murphy
To Kill a Cop1978TV MovieBetty Eischied
The Plant Family1978TV MovieLyla Plant - the mother
Family1977TV SeriesMrs. Palmer
Lou Grant1977TV SeriesGloria Aldrige
The Rockford Files1977TV SeriesLianne Sweeny
Mikey and Nicky1976Jan
Columbo1974-1976TV SeriesRuth Lytton / Sister of Mercy
The Bad News Bears1976Cleveland
Winner Take All1975TV MovieEdie Gould
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery1975Ida Mae
Let's Switch!1975TV MovieLinette Robbin
For the Use of the Hall1975TV MovieAlice
Amy Prentiss1974TV SeriesMrs. Hyser

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Broadway Legends2002TV Movie documentary producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Danny Kaye Show1965TV Series performer - 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines2014Documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2017Documentary post-productionHerself
Biography2001TV Series documentaryHerself
Day to Day Affairs1985TV MovieHerself
Hour Magazine1982TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1979TV SeriesHerself
The Mike Douglas Show1974TV SeriesHerself - Actress
The Joey Bishop Show1967TV SeriesHerself
The Danny Kaye Show1964-1967TV SeriesHerself
Alcoa Premiere1963TV SeriesHerself
Hour Glass1946TV SeriesHerself - Actress

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