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Joy Harmon
Joy Harmon
	Harmon with Roger Smith in an episode of Mister Roberts, 1965.
Born	Joy Patricia Harmon; May 1, 1940 (age 84); Flushing, New York, U.S.
Years active	1956–1973
Known for	Car washing girl in Cool Hand Luke
Spouse	Jeff Gourson (m. 1968⁠–⁠2001)
Children	3
Website	http://www.auntjoyscakes.com

Patricia Joy Harmon^[1] or Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940)^[2] is an American baker and former actress.

Early years

The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York,^[1] or Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a Miss Connecticut,^[2]^[when?] She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut.^[3]^[4]

When she was three years old, Harmon modeled clothes in Fox Movietone News newsreels.^[1] She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut.^[1]

Career

Harmon's stage debut came in Pajama Tops at the Klein Memorial Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She toured the United States in stock company productions, including The Marriage-Go-Round, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Tender Trap, The Importance of Being Ernest, and Susan Slept Here.^[1] On Broadway, Harmon portrayed Betty Phillips in Make a Million (1958).^[5] She also appeared in an off-Broadway production of Susan Slept Here (1961).^[6]

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 short-lived 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 stand-out acting roles include 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 the car-washing Lucille in Cool Hand Luke (1967)^[7] with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements.^[2]

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.^[8]

Filmography

Films roles

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Let's Rock (1958) - Pickup Girl
Mad Dog Coll (1961) - Caroline
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) - Ardice (uncredited)
Roustabout (1964) - College Girl (uncredited)
Young Dillinger (1965) - Nelson's Girl
One Way Wahine (1965) - Kit Williams
The Loved One (1965) - Miss Benson (uncredited)
Village of the Giants (1965) - Merrie
A Guide for the Married Man (1967) - Party Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Lucille, The Girl
Angel in My Pocket (1969) - Miss Holland

Television roles

’’Tell It To Groucho’’ (1961) Co-Host Series
The Beverly Hillbillies (1963) - Kitty
My Three Sons (1964) - Joanne Grant
Burke's Law (1964-1965) - Barbara Sue / Belle Sue Walsh
Gidget (1965) - Blonde Girl Dancing / Midge (uncredited)
Batman (1966) - Julia Davis (uncredited)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1966) - Barbara
Bewitched (1966) - Francie
The Rounders (1966) - Rosetta
Occasional Wife (1967) - Model
That Girl (1967) - Miss Bridges
The Monkees (1967) – Cashier in S2:E2, "The Picture Frame"
The Monkees (1967) - Zelda in S2:E14, "Monkees on the Wheel"
Love, American Style (1972) - Rosalie (segment "Love and the Secret Habit")
The Odd Couple (1972) - Waitress
Thicker Than Water (1973) - (final appearance)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Patty Harmon Has Studied Long Time for Show Business Career". Corpus Christi Times. January 21, 1962. p. 52. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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...
^ Mastronardi, Pete (May 6, 1957). "Crosses Fingers to Woo Luck, Crown Brings Joy, With Tears". The Bridgeport Post. p. 18. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Glenn, Taylor (July 14, 1957). "So This Is Our Town". Progress Bulletin. p. B - 2. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^ "Joy Harmon". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^ "Catching up with the woman behind the famous 'Cool Hand Luke' car wash scene". Entertainment Weekly.
^ "About Us". Aunt Joy's Cakes. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013.