Joanne Clayton — Tales from the Crypt Character Profile

About Joanne Clayton

Beautiful and glamorous woman who murders her wealthy husband for insurance money on Christmas Eve. Trapped by a serial killer in a Santa costume after her daughter lets him inside, she is ultimately strangled. Appears in the framing story and enters Hell.

Joanne Clayton — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Joan Collins

Appears in

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Joanne Clayton — Family Wife — Husband (Martin Boddey)
• Joanne Clayton — Family Mother — Daughter (Chloe Franks)
• Joanne Clayton — Conflict Victim — Maniac (Oliver MacGreevy)
• Joanne Clayton — Narrative Fellow Condemned — Carl Maitland (Ian Hendry)
• Joanne Clayton — Narrative Fellow Condemned — Ralph Jason (Richard Greene)
• Joanne Clayton — Narrative Fellow Condemned — George Carter (Patrick Magee)

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• Daughter (Chloe Franks)
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