Joyce Jameson

American actress Joyce Jameson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and built a career that spanned over three decades. She appeared in many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as Skippy, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s series The Andy Griffith Show, and as "the Blonde" in the Academy Award-winning film The Apartment (1960). Jameson was active from 1951 to 1984, starting around age 23.

In her personal life, she married actor and songwriter Billy Barnes in the 1950s, and they had a son, Tyler, before divorcing. She later had a long relationship with Robert Vaughn, star of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and acted opposite him in the 1966 episode "The Dippy Blond Affair." According to Vaughn's autobiography, she struggled with depression. She died on January 16, 1987, at her home in Burbank, California.