Joy Harmon


Joy Patricia Harmon is a baker and former American actress.

Career

Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. A Miss Connecticut, Harmon was a contestant during the last season of Groucho Marx's television program You Bet Your Life, and later a regular on Marx's program Tell It to Groucho. 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 Merrie in Village of the Giants, and as the car-washing Lucille in Cool Hand Luke with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements.

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.

Filmography

Films roles