Joyce Van Patten is a stage, film and television actress and the younger   
sister of actor Dick Van Patten. Her list of guest appearances includes   
the TV shows, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, The Andy  
Griffith Show, and Hawaii Five-O. Van Patten has had supporting roles  
in many films, among them as the head of the Little League in the  
original comedy film Bad News Bears in 1975.

Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, the father on
the ABC-TV sitcom EIGHT IS ENOUGH (1977 – 1981).

Van Patten co-founded a pet food company in 1989.