1927-10-20 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-12-17 |
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2002-03-29 |
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Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's | 2001-01-15 | |
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Spy Hard | Steele's Tag Team Member | 1996-05-24 |
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Dear God | Herself | 1996-11-01 |
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Lover's Knot | Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 1996-07-12 |
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The Misery Brothers | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1995-01-01 |
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Exit to Eden | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1994-10-14 |
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Coroner | 1993-02-04 |
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Age Isn't Everything | Self | 1991-01-02 |
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Animal Behavior | Herself | 1989-10-27 |
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Troop Beverly Hills | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1989-03-22 |
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Herself | 1988-12-02 |
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Glory Years | 1987-01-01 | |
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Love at Stake | 1987-08-01 | |
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Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment | 1986-12-31 | |
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The Lonely Guy | Herself | 1984-01-27 |
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Desperate Lives | Mrs. Watson | 1982-03-03 |
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The King of Comedy | Herself | 1982-12-18 |
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Oh, God! Book II | Herself on NBC | 1980-10-03 |
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More Wild Wild West | The Bystander | 1980-10-07 |
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Hero at Large | Self | 1980-02-08 |
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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | 1979-05-10 | |
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Beggarman, Thief | Dr. Moira O'Dell (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 1979-11-26 |
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Stand Up and Be Counted | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1972-05-01 |
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The War Between Men and Women | Herself | 1972-06-01 |
