Joan Blackman (born May 18, 1938 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... San Francisco skyline. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

Blackman made her screen acting debut as a guest performer on a 1957 television series and then in a motion picture in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films: 1961's Blue Hawaii and the following year in Kid Galahad. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... Blue Hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. ...

During the 1965-66 season, Blackman was part of the regular cast of the television prime time soap opera, Peyton Place. Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Peyton Place was Americas first long-running nighttime soap opera. ...