Jolene Brand (born Jolene Marie Bufkin; July 31, 1934) is an American actress. She acted most in the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared in seven episodes of the

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television shows.

Career

In 1958, she acted in the B-film '' Giant from the Unknown'', about a man who was frozen in suspended animation for 500 years and was freed by a lightning bolt and goes on a killing spree. Later that year she was signed up to play a part in the Disney television show ''

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''. She played the romantic interest for the main character played by Guy Williams. She was a model on the television series ''

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'' as well. Brand portrayed "Indian Emily" in the 1959 episode of the same name on the

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, ''

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'', hosted by

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. The setting is the

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outpost at Fort Davis,

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. Emily, an Apache captive, adopts the white man's ways but flees when a young officer, Tom Easton (

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), whom she loves, prepares to marry someone else. She returns to warn the fort of a pending Apache attack, and dies of a gunshot wound fired in error after saving the fort.

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played Tom's compassionate mother, Mrs. Easton. A memorial at Fort Davis honors the heroism of Indian Emily. Brand and her husband

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were close friends with Kovacs and his wife,

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Filmography

Film

Television

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Jolene 1934 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women