Joan Hotchkis: Joan Hotchkis. Actress: Legacy. Joan Hotchkis, veteran actress, writer, screenwriter, playwright and groundbreaking feminist performance artist, whose career spanned over five decades, has died. She was 95. She died on September 27 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her daughter, Paula Chambers. Hotchkis was the last surviving child of Preston Hotchkis and Katharine Bixby, civic leaders in Los Angeles with statewide and national influence throughout the last century,...
Known For: Legacy (Bissie Hapgood), The Odd Couple (Dr. Nancy Cunningham), The Disappearance of Christina (Madeleine), Mannix (Evelyn DeeganIrene Gifford)