Joy Harmon

Joy Patricia Harmon, an actress, born May 1, 1940 in Flushing, New York. A former beauty queen (Miss Connecticut), the 5'5", 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".

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May 1 - 1940 - Flushing - New York - Connecticut - Groucho Marx - Television - Gidget - Batman - The Monkees

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Her 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 in 1967's Cool Hand Luke, with Paul Newman.

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1965 - Village of the Giants - Johnny Crawford - Bikini - 1967 - Cool Hand Luke - Paul Newman

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Like many actresses of her generation, Harmon retired from Hollywood to marry and raise a family. Later she started her own company, Aunt Joy's Cakes, a bakery located in Burbank, California. She also made the rounds of movie and sci-fi fan conventions, to meet fans and sign autographs.

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Burbank - California - Movie - Sci-fi - Fan conventions

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