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Joan Mankin (May 16, 1948 – September 26, 2015] was an actor and clown prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area, from the early 1970s through 2014. Mankin started her professional career in San Francisco in 1970 with a production of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's An Independent Female.
Sep 28, 2015 · Joan Mankin, one of the Bay Area’s most popular actors and clowns for more than four decades, died Saturday at her home in San Francisco, surrounded by friends and family.
- Theater Critic
Sep 29, 2015 · One of the Bay Area's most beloved actors and clowns has died. Joan Mankin was 67, and was suffering from early dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when she passed away on Saturday at home in San Francisco.
May 29, 2019 · Danny Mankin's tragicomedy about the mental deterioration of his famed clown sister Joan "Queenie Moon" Mankin, which makes its world premiere at the Headwaters Theatre this...
Oct 8, 2015 · The Irrepressible Joan Mankin, Clown and Juggler in Both Art and Life. A creature of impulse, the tireless Bay Area performer pinballed among roles as cracked ingenues, wacky aunts, even Huey P. Newton. Print. Tweet.
Joan Mankin was born on 16 May 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Desert Hearts (1985), The Singularity Is Near (2010) and Adventures in Staying Young (2014). She died on 26 September 2015 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Sep 23, 2014 · As the lead clown in San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus, Joan Mankin consistently pushed the character of Queenie Moon to the riotous edge with pratfalls, emotional explosions, wild juggling, overblown vanity and uproarious unpredictability.
