Joan Taylor
aka Millie Scott ~ Owner of the General Store
Millie bought the store from Hattie
Date of birth - August 18, 1929 ~ Geneva, Illinois
Joan Taylor (b. 1929), born Rose Marie Emma,
August 18, 1929, Geneva, Illinois; Joan Taylor's mother, Amelia Berky,
was a vaudeville singing-dancing star in the 1920s; her father was a
prop man in Hollywood during that same period, but after Joan's birth
the family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where her father managed a
movie theater; she developed a love of movies from watching so many at
her father's theater, and she graduated from the Chicago National
Association of Dancing Masters.
Joan Taylor came to Hollywood in 1946 and appeared for four years in various plays at the Pasadena Playhouse, where she was spotted by Victor Jory playing the role of Regina in "Another Part of the Forest." Joan then joined Paramount as a member of that studio's "Golden Circle" of promising future stars, and was soon cast as an Indian girl in "Fighting Man of the Plains" with Randolph Scott and "The Savage" with Charlton Heston. She then co-starred with Robert Stack in "War Paint" and with Ann Blyth and Howard Keel in "Rose Marie", after which she played in "Fort yuma", and in all these pictures she portrayed and Indian girl. She went on to do other movies and TV shows. One of her most recognized movies was 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957). She joined "The Rifleman" cast in 1960. After her two-year stint on "The Rifleman, " in 1962 she left the show
to raise her children and moved to Hawaii with her husband, producer
Leonard Freeman who created and produced "Hawaii five-0."
After his death, she later married prolific TV director
Walter Grauman.
She later starred in 1998 movie as a Tourist in the movie
"Split". Joan had wrote and directed a short 1990 drama called Redlands. In 1997 she helped write a 1997 movie called "Fools Rush In. In 2002 she helped write & teleplay for a TV movie called "Heart of a Stranger". Rumor has it that Joan is living in Santa Monica, California.
I just love this character! She is my favorite! [after Lucas and Mark ☺] Joan was first introduced in "The Rifleman" in 'Miss Millie'. Mark Asked Lucas if he thought Millie was pretty. Lucas asked why. "I saw the way you looked at her",
said Mark. Loved this episode! If
Joan wouldn't have left the show in 1963, I wonder where the series
would have take Millie and Lucas. Even Mark knew Lucas thought of
her like he did Margaret. He said so in "Millie's Brother." [Atta boy Mark!] I love "Millie's Brother." This is my favorite episode! Especially the part where Lucas grabs Millie and kisses her, really kisses her! He then ask, "Who is the better man?" Well, we all know the answer to that, don't we?
She has starred in "The Rifleman" as Millie in the following episodes.....Miss Millie ~ Dead Cold Cash ~
Miss Bertie ~The Wyoming Story - part 1 & 2 ~
The Queue ~ Dark Day at North Fork ~
The Prisoner ~ The Clarence Bibs Story ~ The Long Goodbye ~ Lonesome Bride ~ Sheer Terror ~
Sporting Chance ~ Young Man's Fancy ~ Tin Horn ~ Millie's Brother
Millie [Joan Taylor] was obviously the woman that fanned Lucas' flames. Millie was definitely a welcome addition to the all-male cast of the series, a beautiful woman in her own right who fit in well with our heroes, Lucas, Mark and Micah. [this paragraph taken from ~ Chuck Connors ~ "The Man Behind the Rifle!" ~ David Fury]
Intro to Miss Millie
Johnny Crawford ~ Mark McCain
Paul
Fix ~ Marshal Micah Torrance
Harlan Warde ~ John Hamilton
John Harmon ~ Eddie
Bill Quinn ~ Sweeney
Hope Summers ~ Hattie Denton
Patricia Blair ~ Lou Mallory
The Rifleman Episode Guide List
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updated 8/28/07