Joy Harmon
|
Joy Harmon |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| Personal | |
| Born | May 1, 1940 Flushing, New York, USA |
| Died | April 14, 2026 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Nationality | American |
| Body | |
| Boobs | Natural |
| Body type | Slim |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair | Blonde |
| Databases | |
| IMDb TMDB | |
Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) was a former American actress.
Harmon was born in Flushing, New York. A runner-up for Miss Connecticut, the 5 ft 5 in, 41½-22-36 Harmon was a regular on Groucho Marx's television program Tell It to Groucho (credited as 'Patty Harmon'), and also guest-starred on several 1960s TV series, including Gidget, Batman, and The Monkees.
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. [1]
Harmon retired from Hollywood to marry and raise a family. Later she started her own company, Aunt Joy's Cakes [1], a bakery located in Burbank, California. She also made the rounds of movie and sci-fi fan conventions, to meet fans and sign autographs.
On April 14, 2026, Harmon passed away in hospice care at her Los Angeles home, from cardiopulmonary arrest after a pneumonia diagnosis weeks earlier.[2][3]
Filmography (partial)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — uncredited (1956)
- Let's Rock — Pickup Girl (1958)
- Mad Dog Coll — Caroline (1961)
- Young Dillinger — Nelson's Girl (1965)
- Village of the Giants — Merrie (1965)
- One Way Wahine — Kit "Wahini" Williams (1965)
- Cool Hand Luke — Lucille, The Girl (1967)
- Angel in My Pocket — Miss Holland (1969)
Television (partial)
- The Beverly Hillbillies — Kitty (1963)
- Burke's Law — Barbara Sue / Belle Sue Walsh (1964–1965)
- Gidget — Blonde Girl Dancing / Midge (uncredited) (1965)
- Bewitched — Francie (1966)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Barbara (1966)
- Batman — Julia Davis (uncredited) (1966)
- The Monkees — Cashier in S2E02, "The Picture Frame" (1967)
- That Girl — Miss Bridges (1967)
- The Odd Couple — Waitress (1972)
- Love, American Style — Rosalie (segment, "Love and the Secret Habit") (1972)
- Thicker Than Water(1973) — (final appearance)
External Links
References
- ↑ Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Car Wash Scene (2/8) MovieClips. MovieClips channel on YouTube.com (14 December 2018). Retrieved on 29 April 2026.
- ↑ Barnes, Mike. "Joy Harmon, the Woman Who Washed the Car in ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 87", The Hollywood Reporter, 15 April 2026. Retrieved on 29 April 2026.
- ↑ McArdle, Tommy. "Cool Hand Luke Star Joy Harmon's Cause of Death Revealed", People Magazine, 28 April 2026. Retrieved on 29 April 2026.
