Joy Harmon

Joy Harmon

Birth : 1940-05-01, Flushing, New York, USA

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Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) is an American baker and former actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joy Harmon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Joy Harmon

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From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story
From her being discovered by Groucho Marx in NY to becoming one of the of most iconic bombshells of the 60s - including her memorable role in the Academy Award winning film 'Cool Hand Luke'- this film looks at the extraordinary life Joy Harmon, who went from being a film cheesecake to actually making them as the premiere dessert maker for the major studio's craft services. We'll interview her co-stars, follow her in her bakery and onto the sets of many major television shows and hear from her family and friends about this amazing woman.
Angel in My Pocket
Miss Holland
The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.
Cool Hand Luke
The Girl
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
A Guide for the Married Man
Party Girl in Bar (uncredited)
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Village of the Giants
Merrie
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.
The Loved One
Miss Benson (uncredited)
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.
One Way Wahine
Kit Williams
In Hawaii, a man convinces a couple of runaway teenagers to help him rip off a pair of bank robbers.
Young Dillinger
Nelson's Girl
The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.
Roustabout
College Girl (uncredited)
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Ardice (uncredited)
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Ardice
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Mad Dog Coll
Caroline
Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Let's Rock!
Pickup Girl (as Joy Harman)
A lounge singer tries to adjust to rock 'n' roll music.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria (Marisa Pavan), which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife (Jennifer Jones) to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins (Fredric March). Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.