Joan Weldon Dies, Star of Sci-Fi Creature Classic Them! Was 90
Joan Weldon Dies, Star of Sci-Fi Creature Classic Them! Was 90
Actress and singer Joan Weldon, best known for battling gigantic ants in the classic sci-fi movie Them!, has died at the age of 90.
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Joan Weldon, the stage and television actress best known for her performance in the iconic sci-fi monster movie
Them!, has passed away. Though Weldon died on Feb. 11, her family had just recently announced the news. She was 90 years old. With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Joan Louise Weldon Podell, a loving and devoted mother, wife, grandmother and dear friend, on February 11 th , 2021, the family stated in Weldon s obituary. She passed away peacefully at her home in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A talented and successful opera singer and actress of theatre, film, musicals and television, she was simply known to many as Joanie, whose love for light-hearted pranks and practical jokes spread joy whereve
Joan Weldon, Actress Pursued by Giant Ants in ‘Them!,’ Dies at 90 Mike Barnes Joan Weldon
Joan Weldon, the actress and singer dubbed “filmdom’s fairest exterminator” after her turn as a young scientist investigating giant, radiation-mutated ants in the 1954 sci-fi classic
Them!, has died. She was 90.
Weldon died Feb. 11 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, her family announced.
A onetime contract player at Warner Bros., Weldon during her heyday appeared in several Westerns, including
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) and
Riding Shotgun (1954) opposite Randolph Scott;
The Command (1954) with Guy Madison;
Gunsight Ridge (1957) alongside Joel McCrea; and
Day of the Badman (1958) with Fred MacMurray.