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Joan Weldon

Joan Weldon

Actor · Died February 11, 2021, aged 87 · San Francisco, California, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Joan Weldon (born as Joan Louise Welton on August 5, 1933, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television actress. She began her career singing in the San Francisco Grand Opera Company chorus. Later she became a contract actress with Warner Bros. where she remained until her contract ended in 1954. Her most prominent film was the cult thriller Them! She resumed her career as a singer in road company productions including The Music Man and Oklahoma!. Weldon retired in 1980. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Weldon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 5, 1933
Died
February 11, 2021 (aged 87)
From
San Francisco, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Joan Weldon's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Western2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Western movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
61%
Survival
14%
Bonds
10%
Self
7%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Herald: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Herald
2 of 3
Ally
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
3
Hopeful
3
Dread
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Rousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Joan Weldon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joan Weldon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Home Before Dark(1958)

    as Frances Barrett

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Day of the Badman(1958)

    as Myra Owens

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Amelia

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Maverick(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Grace Wheeler

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Marion Keats

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Gunsight Ridge(1957)

    as Molly Jones

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Cheyenne(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Nellie Merritt

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Star Conway

  • Deep in My Heart(1954)

    as Performer (segment "New Moon")

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Them!(1954)

    as Dr. Pat Medford

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Riding Shotgun(1954)

    as Orissa Flynn

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Command(1954)

    as Martha Cutting

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger Wore a Gun(1953)

    as Shelby Conroy

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • So This Is Love(1953)

    as Ruth Obre

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The System (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Felice Stuart

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne · as Patricia Dean

Career shape

Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1950 to 1958.

Biggest box office

Them! (1954)

$1.1K worldwide

Highest rated

Them! (1954)

Midcredits 85th

Film career

  • 1953Screen debut· The Stranger Wore a Gun

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 17: 17 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Joan Weldon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

Them! (1954)

Midcredits 85th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Joan Weldon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joan Weldon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; André De Toth shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles