Joey Heatherton

Joey Heatherton
Heatherton and her father Ray performing in 1975
Born	Davenie Johanna Heatherton (1944-09-14) September 14, 1944 (age 72) Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
Education	Saint Agnes Academy
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1959–present
Spouse(s)	Lance Rentzel (m. 1969; div. 1972)
Parent(s)	Ray Heatherton Davenie Ross Watson

Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton (born September 14, 1944) is an American actress, dancer, and singer.

Davenie Johanna Heatherton was born and raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a suburb of New York City. She was nicknamed "Joey" as a child, a combination of her first name Davenie and her middle name Johanna. Her father, Ray Heatherton, was a Broadway star (Babes in Arms) and television pioneer. Her mother, also named Davenie, was a dancer. Heatherton has a brother, Dick (born October 19, 1943), who later became a disc jockey.

She attended Saint Agnes Academy, a Catholic grade and high school.

Heatherton began her career as a child actress. She first appeared on television on her father's show, The Merry Mailman, a popular children's show in New York. At age 13 she was a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, and received her first sustained national exposure that same year as a semi-regular on The Perry Como Show, playing an exuberant teenager with a perpetual crush on Perry Como. She also appeared extensively on The Dean Martin Show; Dean Martin invited her to perform numerous times on the show, starting with the premiere episode of September 16, 1965. From June to September 1968, along with Frank Sinatra, Jr., she co-hosted Martin's summer-substitute musical, comedy hour, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers. She also made multiple appearances on 1960s television shows, such as The Andy Williams Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Ed Sullivan Show, and This Is Tom Jones.