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==Career==
==Career==
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]]''.
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&q=Miss+Connecticut+joy+harmon&pg=PA88 | 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]]''.


Harmon's best-remembered acting roles are as 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 as the car-washing Lucille in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967) with her purportedly 41–22–36 [[bust/waist/hip measurements |measurements]].<ref name=glamorgirls />
Harmon's best-remembered acting roles are as 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 as the car-washing Lucille in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967) with her purportedly 41–22–36 [[bust/waist/hip measurements |measurements]].<ref name=glamorgirls />

Revision as of 16:08, 26 October 2020

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(s)Jeff Gourson (1968–2001); 3 children
Websitehttp://www.auntjoyscakes.com

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

Career

Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Flushing, New York.[1] She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946.[1] A Miss Connecticut,[1] 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 best-remembered acting roles are as 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 as the car-washing Lucille in Cool Hand Luke (1967) with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements.[1]

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.[2]

Filmography

References

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