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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(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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