BREAKING NEWSHoneymooners star Joyce Randolph dies at age 99: Actress played Trixie opposite Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in the 1950s classic TV show
Joyce Randolph has passed away at the age of 99.
The actress – who played Trixie Norton on the TV show The Honeymooners – died in her sleep in New York City on Saturday, her son Randy told TMZ on Sunday.
Joyce was the last surviving member of the main cast.
The star was in hospice as she was suffering the effects of old age, it was added.
She played one of the main characters on the popular sitcom The Honeymooners, which aired from 1955 until 1956.
The show was centered around Jackie Gleason’s rough NYC bus driver character Ralph Kramden who was always yelling at his wife Alice, played by Audrey Meadows.
But he had an optimistic side as well.
They lived in a Brooklyn apartment building near Trixie and her husband, Ed Norton, who was played by comedian Art Carney.
Joyce Randolph has passed away at the age of 99. The actress – who played Trixie Norton on the TV show The Honeymooners – died in her sleep in New York City on Saturday, her son told TMZ on Sunday
The star was in hospice as she was suffering the effects of old age, it was added. Seen in 2014
Joyce was born in 1924 in Detroit, Michigan.
She got her start in the play Stage Door in the early 1940s then moved to New York City in 1943 to follow her acting dream.
The star got some stage work and also did TV commercials.
It was a chewing gum commercial for Clorets that got her noticed by Gleason who cast her in his variety show named Cavalcade Of Stars.
They became pals and he helped her get a role on The Honeymooners.
The show was an American classic for portraying regular people who struggled to get by in New York.
The show was known for its lines like when Jackie told his wife, ‘To the moon!’ He also often said, ‘Hardy har har’ and ‘Baby, you’re the greatest.’
They shot only 39 episodes in one year, and the show has become legendary, mostly for Gleason’s over the top acting.
On set, Jackie did not seem to be the easiest to work with.
Randolph had said there was not a ton of collaboration between the actors.
‘You don’t even talk to Jackie, let alone ask for anything,’ Randolph said. ‘He didn’t talk much and he didn’t like to rehearse much.’
The show was centered around Jackie Gleason’s rough NYC bus driver character Ralph Kramden who was always yelling at his wife Alice, played by Audrey Meadows. They lived in a Brooklyn apartment building near Trixie and her husband, Ed Norton, who was played by comedian Art Carney
The show was known for its lines like when Jackie told his wife, ‘To the moon!’ He also often said, ‘Hardy har har’ and ‘Baby, you’re the greatest’
Joyce had a hard time getting work after The Honeymooners. ‘For years after that role,’ Randolph said, ‘directors would say: “No, we can’t use her. She’s too well known as Trixie”‘
It was more like Jackie was doing a stand-up routine and everyone had to work around his lines.
Joyce had a hard time getting work after The Honeymooners.
‘For years after that role,’ Randolph said, ‘directors would say: “No, we can’t use her. She’s too well known as Trixie.”‘
Randolph married Richard Lincoln Charles, a wealthy marketing executive, on October 2, 1955, the day after The Honeymooners premiered.
Richard Charles died in 1997 at age 74.
Their son, Randolph Richard Charles (born 1960), is a marketing executive.
She is the grand-aunt of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tim Redding.
Her son Randy told TMZ she will be cremated. He asks in lieu of flowers donations should be sent to the Entertainment Community Fund.
Randolph married Richard Lincoln Charles, a wealthy marketing executive, on October 2, 1955, the day after The Honeymooners premiered. Seen in 2003
