Joy Harmon

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

Early years
The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York, or Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a Miss Connecticut, She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut.

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

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. On Broadway, Harmon portrayed Betty Phillips in Make a Million (1958). She also appeared in an off-Broadway production of Susan Slept Here (1961).

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) 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.

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)