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
Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Herself
The Lonely Guy
Herself on NBC
Oh, God! Book II
Self
Age Isn't Everything
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Analyze That
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Last of the Great Survivors
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Celebrity Judge #1
Dorm Daze 2
Self
A Night to Die For
Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Lover's Knot
Love at Stake
Dr. Joyce Brothers
For Love of Angela
The Bystander
More Wild Wild West
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Dr. Joyce Brothers
The King of Comedy
Baseball Announcer
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Steele's Tag Team Member
Spy Hard
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Stand Up and Be Counted
Dr. Joyce Brothers
The Misery Brothers
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Exit to Eden
Coroner
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Dr. Moira O'Dell (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Beggarman, Thief
Herself
Animal Behavior
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Dear God
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Troop Beverly Hills
Herself
The War Between Men and Women
Dr. Joyce Brothers
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
Great Books Authority
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
Mrs. Watson
Desperate Lives
Glory Years
Self
Hero at Large
Self
The Chevy Chase Show
Visiting Psychologist
Animal Behavior
Self
Let's Go Mets
Dr. Antonia Missermaster
The Day My Parents Ran Away
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
39
Gender
Female
Birthday
1927-10-20
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Dr. Joyce Brothers