Joyce Brothers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-10-20

Day of death

2013-05-13 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Joyce Brothers

Biography

Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. She first became famous in 1955 for winning the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which established her as a pioneer in the field of "pop (popular) psychology". Brothers is often credited as the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream. Her syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for Good Housekeeping, in which she contributed for nearly 40 years. As Brothers quickly became the "face of psychology" for American audiences, she often appeared in various television roles, usually as herself. From the 1970s onward, she also began to accept fictional roles that parodied her "woman psychologist" persona. She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various genres. Numerous groups recognized Brothers for her strong leadership as a woman in the psychological field and for helping to destigmatize the profession overall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joyce Brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Married... with Children

    Married... with Children

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Baywatch

    Baywatch

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • V.I.P.

    V.I.P.

  • ALF

    ALF

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Felicity

    Felicity

  • All That

    All That

  • Dream On

    Dream On

  • Mama's Family

    Mama's Family

  • Kenan & Kel

    Kenan & Kel

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast

    Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  • Ally McBeal

    Ally McBeal

  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

  • Suddenly Susan

    Suddenly Susan

  • WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

  • Pinky and the Brain

    Pinky and the Brain

  • Ellery Queen

    Ellery Queen

  • Miss USA

    Miss USA

  • The Sonny and Cher Show

    The Sonny and Cher Show

  • Madame's Place

    Madame's Place

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Nudes in the News

    Nudes in the News

  • Police Squad!

    Police Squad!

  • Hope and Gloria

    Hope and Gloria

  • The Day My Parents Ran Away

    The Day My Parents Ran Away

  • Exit to Eden

    Exit to Eden

  • TV 101

    TV 101

  • Spy Hard

    Spy Hard

  • Analyze That

    Analyze That

  • Perversions of Science

    Perversions of Science

  • National Lampoon's Van Wilder

    National Lampoon's Van Wilder

  • Dorm Daze 2

    Dorm Daze 2

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • Dear God

    Dear God

  • The King of Comedy

    The King of Comedy

  • National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

  • Love at Stake

    Love at Stake

  • The War Between Men and Women

    The War Between Men and Women

  • Style & Substance

    Style & Substance

  • A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

    A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

  • Age Isn't Everything

    Age Isn't Everything

  • The Misery Brothers

    The Misery Brothers

  • Mike Hammer, Private Eye

    Mike Hammer, Private Eye

  • Animal Behavior

    Animal Behavior

  • Animal Behavior

    Animal Behavior

  • Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

  • Just Our Luck

    Just Our Luck

  • More Wild Wild West

    More Wild Wild West

  • Oh, God! Book II

    Oh, God! Book II

  • The Chevy Chase Show

    The Chevy Chase Show

  • The Mullets

    The Mullets

  • Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

    Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

  • Troop Beverly Hills

    Troop Beverly Hills

  • Lover's Knot

    Lover's Knot

  • The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

    The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

  • Let's Go Mets

    Let's Go Mets

  • Glory Years

    Glory Years

  • The Lonely Guy

    The Lonely Guy

  • A Night to Die For

    A Night to Die For

  • Hero at Large

    Hero at Large

  • Beggarman, Thief

    Beggarman, Thief

  • Desperate Lives

    Desperate Lives

  • Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment

    Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment

  • Television: The First Fifty Years

    Television: The First Fifty Years

  • Last of the Great Survivors

    Last of the Great Survivors

  • For Love of Angela

    For Love of Angela

  • Stand Up and Be Counted

    Stand Up and Be Counted

  • Inside Rupert Pupkin

    Inside Rupert Pupkin

  • Dick Clark's Good Old Days

    Dick Clark's Good Old Days