Joyce Randolph.Photo:Brad Barket/Getty
Brad Barket/Getty
Joyce Randolph, best known for her role inThe Honeymooners, has died, her son, Randolph “Randy” Richard Charles, confirmed to PEOPLE. She was 99.
The actress died on Saturday evening at her New York City home.TMZwas first to report the news.
Randolph was the last surviving cast member of the classic and beloved sitcom of the 1950’s,The Honeymooners,where she played Trixie Norton for its full 39-episode run.
Art Carney and Joyce Randolph in ‘The Honeymooners’.CBS via Getty
CBS via Getty
The sitcom follows pals Kramden, a bus driver, and Norton, a sewer worker, as they “struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience,” perIMDb.
Randolph (née Sirola) was born in a Finnish-American family in Detroit, according to a 2007New York Timesprofile.
She arrived in N.Y.C. in 1943, where she acted in Broadway productions, commercials and television programs includingBuck RogersandThe Clockin 1950, according toThe New York Times.
From left: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph in ‘The Honeymooners’.CBS via Getty
After noticing Randolph in a Clorets gum commercial in 1951, Gleason took a liking to Randolph, featuring her in his variety show,Cavalcade of Stars, and eventually casting her as Trixie inThe Honeymooners.
Chatting about the sitcom withThe New York Times, longtime fanMatthew Broderick, said that “every situation human beings can have is in one of these shows.”
“From these four characters springs everything,” he added.
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Broderick, who met Randolph prior to the newspaper’s 2007 profile, also shared his impression of the late actress: “You would think that Trixie Norton would be some kind of battle-ax in person, but Joyce is so elegant and thin and pretty.”
Joyce Randolph.Courtesy Everett Collection
Courtesy Everett Collection
Later in her career, Randolph made a cameo as Trixie onHi Honey I’m Home— a meta series that often featured iconic sitcom alumni — in 1991, per IMDb.
She also appeared in one episode of the early medical dramaThe Doctors and the Nursesin 1964, and had a minor role in 2000 filmEverything’s Jakeas an unnamed dog walker.
source: people.com
