How old is Laurel Goodwin?
Laurel Goodwin is 79 years old. On the 11th of August, 1942, Goodwin was born in Wichita, Kansas. She eventually went to San Diego, then to San Francisco with her family.
Goodwin began her acting career as Elvis Presley’s love interest in the film Girls! Girls! Girls! when she was a child model (1962).
Goodwin appeared as Augusta Griffith, the daughter of Jack (Jackie Gleason) and Amberlyn Griffith, in the Paramount comedy Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963).
She was also in the western films Stage to Thunder Rock (1964), Law of the Lawless (1964), and The Glory Guys (1964). (1965).
Her experience as a guest performer on many drama television shows includes a role as Yeoman J. M. Colt in the 1964 Star Trek pilot episode, “The Cage” (from which portions involving Goodwin were later integrated into the episode “The Menagerie”), and Mannix in the episode “The Menagerie” (“A Question Of Midnight”).
She’s also had roles in a few comedies.
She also appeared in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies (“Robin Hood and the Sheriff” and “Robin Hood of Griffith Park”) as Phoebe, the Chief’s niece (both 1967).
Goodwin worked as a home nurse for approximately 35 years after retiring from acting in 1971.
On February 25, 2022, Goodwin died at the age of 79 in Cathedral City, California.
