Joy Harmon
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| Born | May 1, 1940 Flushing, New York, USA |
| Died | April 14, 2026 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Nationality | American |
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| Boobs | Natural |
| Body type | Slim |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair | Blonde |
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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. Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Car Wash Scene (2/8) MovieClips (December 14 2018).
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. Barnes, Mike (April 15 2026). Joy Harmon, the Woman Who Washed the Car in ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 87.Cool Hand Luke Star Joy Harmon's Cause of Death Revealed (April 28 2026).
Filmography (partial)
- Let's Rock (1958)
- Village of the Giants (1965)
- One Way Wahine (Wahini) (1965)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Mad Dog Coll
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Young Dillinger
Television (partial)
- The Odd Couple
- Love, American Style
- The Monkees
- That Girl
- Bewitched
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Batman
- Gidget
- Burke's Law
- The Beverly Hillbillies
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