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Jackie Joseph (born November 7, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an American character actress, voice artist, and writer best known for portraying the film characters of: Audrey Fulquard on The Little Shop of Horrors
, Sheila Futterman in both Gremlins
films, and providing the voice of Melody Valentine in the animated television series Josie and the Pussycats. She was a constant on The Doris Day Show with her character, Jackie Parker.

Joseph started her entertainment career as a featured performer and singer in the Billy Barnes Revues of the 1950's and '60s, with future husband and actor Ken Berry. She was married to Berry from May 29, 1960 until 1977, with whom she adopted 2 children. Joseph has since remarried to a gentleman named David Lawrence, of whom both reside in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles.

As she played in the original B-movie version of The Little Shop of Horrors, that was Jack Nicholson's first movie (in which he played a masochist who visits a lot of dentists).

Some of her television credits include memorable shows such as The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (two appearances), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (four appearances), CHiPs (in a two-part episode), Full House and Designing Women. She also appeared for a week on the game show Match Game '74.

In recent years, she has been heavily involved with the Screen Actors Guild, and working with organizations for the care of stray animals. She also has been a columnists for Toluca Lake's newspaper, "The Tolucan Times," where she often ends her columns with the phrase, "We'll talk."

Some of her good friends in Hollywood include actress Doris Day, actor Ed Asner, announcer and voice-artist Gary Owens, and more-than-once film co-star, Dick Miller.

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