Joy Harmon
American actress and baker
Jeff Gourson
(m. 1968–2001)Patricia Joy Harmon[1] or Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940)[2] is an American baker and former actress.
Early years
The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York,[1] or Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a Miss Connecticut,[2][when?] She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut.[3][4]
When she was three years old, Harmon modeled clothes in Fox Movietone News newsreels.[1] She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut.[1]
Career
Harmon's stage debut came in Pajama Tops at the Klein Memorial Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She toured the United States in stock company productions, including The Marriage-Go-Round, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Tender Trap, The Importance of Being Ernest, and Susan Slept Here.[1] On Broadway, Harmon portrayed Betty Phillips in Make a Million (1958).[5] She also appeared in an off-Broadway production of Susan Slept Here (1961).[6]
Harmon was a contestant during the last season of Groucho Marx's television program You Bet Your Life (titled The Groucho Show during its last season), and later a regular on Marx's short-lived program Tell It to Groucho (credited as "Patty Harmon"). She guest-starred on several 1960s TV series, including Gidget, Batman, and The Monkees. She appeared in a cameo role as blonde Ardice in the Jack Lemmon comedy Under the Yum Yum Tree in 1963. She had a role as Tony Dow's girlfriend in the 1965–66 television soap opera Never Too Young.
Harmon's stand-out acting roles include the 30-foot-tall (9 m) Merrie in Village of the Giants (1965, in which she captures normal-sized Johnny Crawford and suspends him from her bikini top), and the car-washing Lucille in Cool Hand Luke (1967) with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements.[2]
Personal life
Harmon was married to film editor and producer Jeff Gourson from 1968 to 2001, raising three children. For a time, a son worked at Walt Disney Studios. She later established a bakery, Aunt Joy's Cakes, in Burbank, California.[7]
Filmography
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Patty Harmon Has Studied Long Time for Show Business Career". Corpus Christi Times. January 21, 1962. p. 52. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Listanti, Tom (2008). Glamor Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland & Co., Inc. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-0-7864-3172-4. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
Her amble [sic] bosom (41–22–36) was her ticket to Broadway in the comedy Make Me Laugh...
- ^ Mastronardi, Pete (May 6, 1957). "Crosses Fingers to Woo Luck, Crown Brings Joy, With Tears". The Bridgeport Post. p. 18. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Glenn, Taylor (July 14, 1957). "So This Is Our Town". Progress Bulletin. p. B - 2. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "About Us". Aunt Joy's Cakes. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013.
External links
- Joy Harmon at IMDb
- Sullivan, Steve (1998-06-15). Bombshells: Glamour Girls of a Lifetime. Macmillan. pp. 43–. ISBN 9781429956222. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
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