The Rise and Fall of Joey Heatherton: What Happened to Her?
Joey and her brother Dick were raised in Rockville Centre, Nassau County by their mother Davenie who was a dancer, and father Ray Heatherton who was a famous Broadway actor, and was perhaps known best for starring in the children’s TV show “The Merry Mailman”; Dick was a successful disc jockey.
Joey was six when she began taking ballet lessons at Dixon McAfee School of Dance, while she eventually transitioned to modern jazz dance.
She became interested in acting mostly thanks to her father, as she often watched him perform in theatre plays; she was 15 when she made her debut TV series appearance, playing Karen Emerson in the 1960 episode “Three Sides” of the critically acclaimed crime adventure “Route 66” – Joey didn’t have other roles until she matriculated from Saint Agnes Academy in 1963. She hasn’t attended college.
