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{{Short description|American actress and baker}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Joy Harmon
| name = Joy Harmon
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| caption = Harmon with [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]] in an episode of ''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'', 1965.
| caption = Harmon with [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]] in an episode of ''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'', 1965.
| birth_name = Joy Patricia Harmon
| birth_name = Joy Patricia Harmon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|05|01}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|5|1}}
| birth_place = [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing, New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing, New York]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_date =
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| yearsactive = 1956–1973
| yearsactive = 1956–1973
| awards =
| awards =
| known_for = Car washing girl in<br>''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''
| known_for = Car washing girl in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''
| spouse = [[Jeff Gourson]] (1968–2001); 3 children
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jeff Gourson]]|1968|2001}}
| children = 3
| website = http://www.auntjoyscakes.com
| website = http://www.auntjoyscakes.com
}}
}}


'''Patricia Joy Harmon'''<ref name="cct" /> or '''Joy Patricia Harmon''' (born May 1, 1940)<ref name="glamorgirls">{{cite book |last=Listanti |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCUSa_GmDo8C&q=Miss+Connecticut+joy+harmon&pg=PA88 |title=Glamor Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland & Co., Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-3172-4 |pages=87–88 |quote=Her amble [sic] bosom (41–22–36) was her ticket to Broadway in the comedy ''Make Me Laugh''... |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> is an American baker and former actress.
'''Joy Patricia Harmon''' (born May 1, 1940)<ref name=glamorgirls /> is a [[baker]] and former [[United States|American]] [[actress]].

==Early years==

The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights, New York]],<ref name="cct" /> or [[Flushing, New York]]. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a [[Miss Connecticut]],<ref name="glamorgirls" />{{when|reason=This needs a year in light of the following seentence.|date=September 2022}} She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mastronardi |first1=Pete |title=Crosses Fingers to Woo Luck, Crown Brings Joy, With Tears |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110442931/the-bridgeport-post/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |work=The Bridgeport Post |date=May 6, 1957 |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Glenn |first1=Taylor |title=So This Is Our Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110443054/the-bridgeport-post/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |work=Progress Bulletin |date=July 14, 1957 |page=B - 2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

When she was three years old, Harmon modeled clothes in [[Movietone News|Fox Movietone News]] newsreels.<ref name="cct">{{cite news |title=Patty Harmon Has Studied Long Time for Show Business Career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110443205/patty-harmon/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |work=Corpus Christi Times |date=January 21, 1962 |page=52|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from [[Staples High School]] in [[Westport, Connecticut]].<ref name="cct" />


==Career==
==Career==
Harmon's stage debut came in ''Pajama Tops'' at the [[Klein Memorial Auditorium|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 (play)|The Tender Trap]]'', ''The Importance of Being Ernest'', and ''Susan Slept Here''.<ref name="cct" /> On Broadway, Harmon portrayed Betty Phillips in ''Make a Million'' (1958).<ref>{{cite web |title=Joy Harmon |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joy-harmon-100675 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930233640/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joy-harmon-100675 |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also appeared in an off-Broadway production of ''Susan Slept Here'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web |title=Joy Harmon |url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/30112 |website=Internet Off-Broadway Database |publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930234249/http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/30112 |archive-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref>
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Joy Patricia Harmon was born in [[Flushing, New York]].<ref name=glamorgirls /> She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946.<ref name=glamorgirls>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCUSa_GmDo8C&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=Miss+Connecticut+joy+harmon&source=bl&ots=p0rrnyjMaA&sig=mb7eBNNPTcP3AWVUVjRfBIry4yY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn8MuDq_7TAhXE8CYKHQKHATgQ6AEIeDAP#v=onepage&q=Miss%20Connecticut%20joy%20harmon&f=false | title=Glamor Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles | pages=87–88 | first=Tom | last=Listanti | publisher=McFarland & Co., Inc. | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-7864-3172-4 | accessdate=June 29, 2017|quote=Her amble [sic] bosom (41–22–36) was her ticket to Broadway in the comedy ''Make Me Laugh''...}}</ref> A [[Miss Connecticut]],<ref name=glamorgirls /> 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 guest-starred on several 1960s TV series, including ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', and ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|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]]''.

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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 (TV series)|Gidget]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', and ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|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 best-remembered acting roles are as the thirty-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 as the car-washing "Lucille" in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967) and her purportedly 41–22–36. measurements.<ref name=glamorgirls />
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)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/01/cool-hand-luke-joy-harmon/ | title=Catching up with the woman behind the famous 'Cool Hand Luke' car wash scene | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> with her purportedly 41–22–36 [[bust/waist/hip measurements|measurements]].<ref name=glamorgirls />


==Personal life==
==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 (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]]. She later established a bakery, Aunt Joy's Cakes, in [[Burbank, California]].<ref name=auntjoy>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Aunt Joy's Cakes |url=http://www.auntjoyscakes.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820074301/http://auntjoyscakes.com/about.html |archivedate=August 20, 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref>
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 (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]]. She later established a bakery, Aunt Joy's Cakes, in Burbank, California.<ref name=auntjoy>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Aunt Joy's Cakes |url=http://www.auntjoyscakes.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820074301/http://auntjoyscakes.com/about.html |archivedate=August 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
*''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
*''[[Let's Rock]]'' (1958) - Pickup Girl
*''[[Let's Rock]]'' (1958) - Pickup Girl
*''[[Mad Dog Coll]]'' (1961) - Caroline
*''[[Mad Dog Coll (1961 film)|Mad Dog Coll]]'' (1961) - Caroline
*''[[Under the Yum Yum Tree]]'' (1963) - Ardice (uncredited)
*''[[Under the Yum Yum Tree]]'' (1963) - Ardice (uncredited)
*''[[Roustabout (film)|Roustabout]]'' (1964) - College Girl (uncredited)
*''[[Roustabout (film)|Roustabout]]'' (1964) - College Girl (uncredited)
*''[[Young Dillinger]]'' (1965) - Nelson's Girl
*''[[Young Dillinger]]'' (1965) - Nelson's Girl
*''One Way Wahine'' (1965) - Kit Williams
*''[[One Way Wahine]]'' (1965) - Kit Williams
*''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' (1965) - Miss Benson (uncredited)
*''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' (1965) - Miss Benson (uncredited)
*''[[Village of the Giants]]'' (1965) - Merrie
*''[[Village of the Giants]]'' (1965) - Merrie
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===Television roles===
===Television roles===
*’’[[Tell It To Groucho]]’’ (1961) Co-Host Series
*''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1963) - Kitty
*''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1963) - Kitty
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1964) - Joanne Grant
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1964) - Joanne Grant
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*''[[Occasional Wife]]'' (1967) - Model
*''[[Occasional Wife]]'' (1967) - Model
*''[[That Girl]]'' (1967) - Miss Bridges
*''[[That Girl]]'' (1967) - Miss Bridges
*''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' (1967) - Zelda / Cashier
*''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' (1967) – Cashier in S2:E2, "The Picture Frame"
*''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' (1967) - Zelda in S2:E14, "Monkees on the Wheel"
*''[[Love, American Style]]'' (1972) - Rosalie (segment "Love and the Secret Habit")
*''[[Love, American Style]]'' (1972) - Rosalie (segment "Love and the Secret Habit")
*''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1972) - Waitress
*''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1972) - Waitress
*''[[Thicker than Water (1973 TV series)|Thicker Than Water]]'' (1973) - (final television appearance)
*''[[Thicker than Water (1973 TV series)|Thicker Than Water]]'' (1973) - (final appearance)
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}


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[[Category:Actresses from Queens, New York]]
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Joy Harmon
Harmon with Roger Smith in an episode of Mister Roberts, 1965.
Born
Joy Patricia Harmon

(1940-05-01) May 1, 1940 (age 84)
Flushing, New York, U.S.
Years active1956–1973
Known forCar washing girl in Cool Hand Luke
Spouse
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(m. 1968⁠–⁠2001)​
Children3
Websitehttp://www.auntjoyscakes.com

Patricia Joy Harmon[1] or Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940)[2] is an American baker and former actress.

Early years

[edit]

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

[edit]

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)[7] with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements.[2]

Personal life

[edit]

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.[8]

Filmography

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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...
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Glenn, Taylor (July 14, 1957). "So This Is Our Town". Progress Bulletin. p. B - 2. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Catching up with the woman behind the famous 'Cool Hand Luke' car wash scene". Entertainment Weekly.
  8. ^ "About Us". Aunt Joy's Cakes. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013.
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