Joy Harmon
| Joy Harmon | |
|---|---|
 Harmon with Roger Smith in an episode of Mister Roberts, 1965. | |
| Born |
Joy Patricia Harmon May 1, 1940 Flushing, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1956-1973 |
| Spouse(s) | Jeff Gourson (1968-present) 3 children |
| Awards | Miss Connecticut |
Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) is a baker and former American actress.[1]
Career
Harmon was born Patricia Joy Harmon in Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946.[2][3] A runner-up for Miss Connecticut, the 5 ft 5 in, 41½-22-36 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 program Tell It to Groucho (credited as 'Patty Harmon'). She also 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, a program geared to teenagers, featuring many popular musical groups of that era.[4]
Harmon's best-remembered acting roles are as the thirty-foot-tall Merrie in the 1965 movie Village of the Giants (where she captures normal-sized Johnny Crawford and suspends him from her bikini top), and as the car-washing girl "Lucille" in 1967's Cool Hand Luke, with Paul Newman.[4][5]
Aunt Joy's Cakes
Harmon retired from Hollywood to marry Jeff Gourson and raise three children. Later, she started her own company, Aunt Joy's Cakes, a bakery located in Burbank, California.[6] She also made the rounds of movie and sci-fi fan conventions, to meet fans and sign autographs.
Filmography
- Angel in My Pocket (1969)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
- Village of the Giants (1965)
- The Loved One (1965)
- One Way Wahine (Wahini) (1965)
- Young Dillinger (1965)
- Roustabout (1964)
- Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
- Mad Dog Coll (1961)
- Let's Rock (1958)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Television
- A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making "Cool Hand Luke" (2008. Video documentary, as herself)
- Thicker Than Water (1973)
- The Odd Couple (1972)
- Love, American Style (1972)
- The Monkees (1967. "The Picture Frame", "Monkees on the Wheel")
- Run for You Life (1967)
- That Girl (1967)
- Occasional Wife (1967)
- The Joey Bishop Show (1967. As herself)
- The Rounders (1966)
- Bewitched (1966)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1966)
- Batman (1966)
- Gidget (1965)
- Burke's Law (1964-65)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1963)
- The Groucho Show (1960, as herself, as a contestant)
- The Tonight Show (1962. As herself)
- Tell It to Groucho (1962. As herself)
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Steve (1998-06-15). Bombshells: Glamour Girls of a Lifetime. Macmillan. pp. 43–. ISBN 9781429956222. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ↑ "Joy Harmon". evi.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ "Joy Harmon". TV.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Joy Harmon Movies". Blockbuster. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ . perfectpeople.net http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/686/joy-harmon.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2013. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Aunt Joy's Cakes". Yelp.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.