Actress Joan Severance's father was an IBM Systems Engineer and, as a child, spent her growing years traveling the world. Her family lived in the Middle East at one point and had to flee from Libya during the Six-Day War in 1967. Her family quickly moved back to the States and settled in Houston, Texas. Joan started modeling at 15 to earn money for college. Her aspiration to study veterinarian medicine was dashed when she couldn't afford the tuition money. Entering the Miss Houston beauty co ...[Read Story]