Posted on 04/16/2026 10:19:17 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
US actress Joy Harmon, who was best known for a provocative short scene in the classic film Cool Hand Luke, has died aged 87.
Harmon died at home in Los Angeles on Tuesday after being ill with pneumonia for weeks, US media reported.
Her character did not have a line in the Paul Newman prison drama and was only on screen for about three minutes, in a car-washing scene rife with sexual innuendo.
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Unforgettable! You can get your “fill” of her in the 60’s classic Village of the Giants. R.I.P.
Memory Eternal!
“”””””Joy Harmon when she was on Groucho’s show You Bet Your Life””””””
Nice video, she says she had just turned 19 and Groucho (and the scientist male guest) treat her like a full-on sexy woman, something that wouldn’t happen in today’s America which is a weird feminist world of twisted sexuality for the young females while also being a sort of rigid, nonsexual, hormone-free world of young females.
What a wonderful addition to this thread. I had forgotten how quick and funny Groucho was. And joy was an absolute charmer.
After that movie many car washes featured young women in bikinis rubbing down your car.
“Luke was the only one who understood what she was doing.”
What, did he used to work at a car wash?
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87? Geez, I remember watching Cool Hand Luke when it premiered. Yikes!
boy, she sure could act!
What, did he used to work at a car wash?
It sure beats diggin’ a ditch.
Joy Harmon made an excellent case for wind power :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZARxj8KpRTI
You’re very welcome!
Thanks !
Best 25 minutes All Day!
She did say she dressed Like Marilyn Monroe.
It would be fun to hear some descriptions of her appearance from her male classmates, and male teachers.
And Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Strother was the fellow who hired them to protect the gold shipment in Bolivia. Sundance: “I shoot better when I move”.
That’s why her auditions only took 3 minutes
That sounds pretty judgmental. Some of us can only afford a trailer house and poverty isn’t a sin.
And there’s nothing wrong with that.🙄
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