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- Lovely, sweet-natured Joyce Randolph will forever be etched in the minds of "Golden Age" television viewers as the Bowery-like fourth party of the classic husband/wife quartet on the enduring TV family comedy The Honeymooners (1955) starring Jackie Gleason as the irrepressible hothead bus driver Ralph Kramden. As Thelma ("Trixie") Norton, the dressed-down, beleaguered wife of sewer worker Ed Norton (played by the adorably goofy Art Carney) and best friend to equally stern realist Alice Kramden (played by equally lovely Audrey Meadows), Joyce participated in nearly 100 episodes of the beloved show before it left the air in 1957.
Randolph's real last name was Sirola, being of Finnish descent. As a teenager, her interest in acting grew and she eventually found her way to become a part of the Wayne University Workshop. After high school graduation, Joyce found employment in retail at a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Detroit. Auditioning for a Workshop tour of the play "Stage Door" in Detroit, she won the part and traveled with the company. She followed that tour with another tour, a revival of "Abie's Irish Rose" that ran for a year.
At age 18, Joyce moved to New York City during war-time (1943) to try her luck. She made her Broadway debut in 1945 in the short-lived comedy "A Goose for the Gander" starring Gloria Swanson and Conrad Nagel at the Playhouse Theatre. She returned to Broadway with "Ladies Night at a Turkish Bath" in 1950. She also appeared in summer stock and once performed in the musical "No, No, Nanette" with Ms. Meadows.
She began on TV as early as 1946 at General Electric's experimental laboratory in Schenectady, NY. Having now changed her stage name from her christened name to the more inviting "Joyce Randolph," the actress began appearing on TV in 1950, finding parts on such regular programs as "The Colgate Comedy Hour," "Rocky King, Detective," "Buck Rogers," "The Clock," "I Cover Times Square" and "Famous Jury Trials." By sheer luck, Joyce was spotted in a Clorets chewing gum commercial by Gleason himself the following year and was asked to appear in a skit on the "Cavalcade of Stars," Gleason's variety show on the DuMont Network. He liked her, he cast her then as Trixie, and the rest is TV history.
Taking over the role played originally, and only once, by Elaine Stritch, when the part of Trixie was thought of as a burlesque girl, the skit format was changed to series form with The Honeymooners (1955). Caught in a terrible typecasting, Joyce would find it extremely hard obtaining other roles after the demise of the show. Interestingly, when "The Honeymooners" sketches were revived on a revamped Gleason variety show in the 1960s, the roles of Alice and Trixie were taken over by Sheila MacRae and Jane Kean. Only Carney remained. Joyce would later say she did not revive her Trixie role due to "personal and geographic reasons." Gleason had moved his company to Miami, Florida.
Joyce maintained her career for awhile on the musical stage, in commercials, and with a few solo appearances on such shows as "The Jack Benny Show," and "The Doctors and the Nurses," but eventually retired from acting altogether. She married Richard Lincoln Charles, a wealthy entrepreneur and marketing executive, on October 2, 1955, the day after The Honeymooners premiered. He died at age 74 in 1997. Their son, Randolph Richard Charles, born in 1960, followed in his father's, not his mother's, footsteps after attending Yale University. He became a marketing executive before taking over his father's business. Joyce is also the grand aunt of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tim Redding. - Actor
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Joseph Marino was an actor and producer, known for ER (1994), Iniquitous (2014) and J Watching (2018). He died on 13 January 2024 in the USA.- Toni Mooney was born on 23 August 1956 in Opa Locka, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), So Fine (1981) and Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded (2014). She was married to George Hurley . She died on 13 January 2024 in Lake Worth, Florida, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sigi Rothemund was born on 14 March 1944 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Jack Holborn (1982), Strong Times (1988) and Piratensender Power Play (1982). He was married to Margit Geissler. He died on 13 January 2024 in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jo-El Sonnier was born on 2 October 1946 in Rayne, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Steel Magnolias (1989), Mask (1985) and True Detective (2014). He was married to Bobbye Weaver. He died on 13 January 2024 in Llano, Texas, USA.- Elisa Briganti was a writer, known for Zombie (1979), Hands of Steel (1986) and I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984). She was married to Dardano Sacchetti. She died on 13 January 2024 in Italy.
- Juli Mira was born on 2 May 1949 in Alcoy, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Kepler Sexto B (2023), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) and A Love to Keep (2006). He died on 13 January 2024 in Alcoi, Alacant, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Actor
Christopher Hobbs was born on 15 June 1941 in Chatham, Kent, England, UK. He was a production designer and actor, known for Mansfield Park (1999), Gormenghast (2000) and Velvet Goldmine (1998). He died on 13 January 2024.- Tom Shales was born on 3 November 1944 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun, The Larry Sanders Show (1992) and This Is MST3K (1992). He died on 13 January 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jana Hlavácová was born on 26 March 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Ucitel tance (1995), Konec básníku v Cechách (1993) and Veronika (1986). She was married to Ludek Munzar and Jirí Michný. She died on 13 January 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic.- András Csiky was born on 25 August 1930 in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania. He was an actor, known for The Carpathian Castle (1981), Forest of the Hanged (1965) and Érik a fény (1970). He died on 13 January 2024.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Terry Levene was born on 17 February 1933. He was a producer, known for Zombie Holocaust (1980), The Tough Ones (1976) and Belinda (1972). He died on 13 January 2024 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Music Department
- Sound Department
Torbjörn Samuelsson was born on 8 January 1951 in Dalarna, Sweden. Torbjörn is known for Pure (2010), Ping-pongkingen (2008) and Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015). Torbjörn died on 13 January 2024 in Nacka, Sweden.- Marnia Lazreg was born on 10 January 1941 in Mostaganem, Algeria. She was married to Mark Woodcock. She died on 13 January 2024 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Romuald Twardowski was born on 17 June 1930 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a composer, known for Ognisty aniol (1986). He died on 13 January 2024 in Poland.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Scott Fairchild was born on 28 August 1984 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a cinematographer and editor, known for Chrysalis (2014), Carnival of Fear: Closed for the Season (2010) and Back 2 School (2012). He was married to Emily Granata. He died on 13 January 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Enzo Moscato was born on 20 April 1948 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for I racconti di Vittoria (1995), Rasoi (1993) and Libera (1993). He died on 13 January 2024 in Naples, Campania, Italy.- Aleksey Sdobnov was born on 15 August 1966 in Former USSR. He was an actor, known for Superdeep (2020), BiKheppi (2019) and Kogda smert prishla v Bagdad. He died on 13 January 2024 in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
- Glen Cochrane was born on 29 January 1958 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. He was married to Joan. He died on 13 January 2024 in Canada.
- Art Department
Maurice Andrews was born on 18 October 1933 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. He is known for Judge Dredd (1995), Lost in Space (1998) and Hamlet (1996). He died on 13 January 2024 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK.- Richard Carey died on 13 January 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.