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Joy Patricia Harmon was born in [[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>
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>
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>

Revision as of 23:18, 30 September 2022

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

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]

Career

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, 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.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "About Us". Aunt Joy's Cakes. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013.
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