Real Name: Joan Marie Severance Was Born: December 23, 1958. Houston, Texas United States Bio: Joan Severance is an American
actress and model. Joan's family moved often while she was growing up. The family
had to leave Libya during the Six Day War in 1967. They moved back to Houston,
Texas, where Joan, at the age of 15, started modelling to make money for university.
Joan attended Westbury High School while she modelled. Her aspiration was to
become a veterinarian although she didn't make enough for tuition. She was then
hired on at the Elite modeling agency which allowed her to travel again. It
was in Paris where she would marry Eric Milan in 1977. They later divorced in
1984. It was in the late 1980s that Joan used her modeling success to start
an acting career. She usually takes the femme fatale roles in lower budget horror
and murder mystery movies. She memorably featured alongside Richard Pryor and
Gene Wilder in the 1989 comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil and had leading roles
in Black Scorpion (1995) and The Last Seduction 2 (1999). Joan was on the cover
of the January 1990 issue of Playboy magazine with a nude pictorial in the issue
as well...
