Joyce Ingalls

Joyce Elaine Ingalls (January 14, 1950 – August 5, 2015) was an American actress and model, best known for her roles in Paradise Alley in 1978 and Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. She also had a guest role in the television series Starsky and Hutch in 1979, as the mutual love interest of both main characters. Early years Ingalls was born on January 14, 1950, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Frederick G. Ingalls, a U.S. Navy commander, and Elaine Wright Ingalls, a relative of the Wright Brothers. Ingalls had five sisters and three brothers. Ingalls' mother died in 1959. Her father remarried JoAnn DiSandro, who raised Joyce Ingalls and her four siblings, as well as four more children of Frederick and JoAnn. Modeling In 1966, Ingalls won Co-Ed Magazine's national High School Cover Girl contest when she was 16. The contest led to a contract with the Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared in numerous fashion magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, and Vogue. Ingalls was the face of a 1973 advertising campaign for Yardley of London, a British cosmetics company. She also appeared in print ads for Black Velvet whisky, Breck Shampoo (as one of the Breck Girls), and Clairol.