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Joyce Diane Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality, and columnist. She first became famous in 1955 for winning the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question, being the only woman to do so. 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". She is often credited as being the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream. The syndicated columns she hosted were featured in both newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column 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 roles portraying fictional characters which were often self-parodies of her "woman psychologist" persona, which the public came to know her for. She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various genres. Brothers was recognized as a result of her strong female lead in the psychological field with awards like Professional Woman of the Year, and Business and Professional Women's Club despite the struggles to de-stigmatize psychology in television facing the obstacle of the culture towards women.
Birth Name
Joyce Diane Bauer
Born
Thursday, 20 October 1927
Died
Monday, 13 May 2013
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Tiny Tim: King for a Day | Self | 2020 |
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Self | 2018 |
Dorm Daze 2 | Celebrity Judge #1 | 2006 |
20 to 1 | Self | 2005 |
Entourage | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2004 |
The Mullets | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2003 |
Analyze That | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2002 |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2002 |
Beethoven's 4th | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2001 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Tiny Tim: King for a Day | Self | 2020 |
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Self | 2018 |
Dorm Daze 2 | Celebrity Judge #1 | 2006 |
20 to 1 | Self | 2005 |
Entourage | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2004 |
The Mullets | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2003 |
Analyze That | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2002 |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2002 |
Beethoven's 4th | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 2001 |
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's | (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 2001 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee / Dr. Brothers | 1999 |
Felicity | Judge | 1998 |
V.I.P. | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1998 |
Sin City Spectacular | Self | 1998 |
Style & Substance | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1998 |
Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Dr. Simmons | 1997 |
Police Academy: The Series | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1997 |
Ally McBeal | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1997 |
Perversions of Science | Therapist Bethany Wolf | 1997 |
Dear God | Joyce Brothers / Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1996 |
Suddenly Susan | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1996 |
The Steve Harvey Show | Self | 1996 |
Kenan & Kel | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
Lover's Knot | Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) / Self | 1996 |
Spy Hard | Steele's Tag Team Member | 1996 |
New York Daze | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1995 |
JAG | Senator Deidre Kerner | 1995 |
Pinky and the Brain | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1995 |
A Night to Die for | Self / Herself | 1995 |
Hope & Gloria | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1995 |
The Misery Brothers | Dr. Joyce Brothers / Self | 1995 |
Exit to Eden | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1994 |
All That | Self | 1994 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self | 1994 |
The Day My Parents Ran Away | Dr. Antonia Missermaster | 1993 |
The Nanny | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1993 |
Diagnosis Murder | Dr. Hazeltine / Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1993 |
Grace Under Fire | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1993 |
Frasier | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself / Herself - Cameo | 1993 |
Loaded Weapon 1 | Coroner | 1993 |
Picket Fences | Dr. Gibbs | 1992 |
Vicki! | Self | 1992 |
The Larry Sanders Show | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1992 |
Melrose Place | Self | 1992 |
Scorch | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1992 |
Dame Edna's Hollywood | Self | 1991 |
One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
Sisters | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1991 |
Age Isn't Everything | Self | 1991 |
Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1990 |
The Howard Stern Show | Self | 1990 |
Dream On | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1990 |
The Simpsons | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1989 |
Animal Behavior | Visiting Psychologist / Herself | 1989 |
The People Next Door | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1989 |
Baywatch | Doctor / Dr. White | 1989 |
Troop Beverly Hills | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1989 |
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Baseball Announcer | 1988 |
TV 101 | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1988 |
The Munsters Today | Mrs. Cousins | 1988 |
My Two Dads | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1987 |
Love at Stake | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1987 |
Married... with Children | The Judge | 1987 |
Glory Years | (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 1987 |
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment | Great Books Authority | 1986 |
ALF | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1986 |
The New Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1986 |
Mr. Belvedere | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1985 |
Moonlighting | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1985 |
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1985 |
Blondes vs. Brunettes | Self | 1984 |
The Lonely Guy | Joyce Brothers / Herself | 1984 |
The New Mike Hammer | Dr. Joyce Brothers / Dr. Brothers | 1984 |
Night Court | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1984 |
Last of the Great Survivors | Self | 1984 |
Just Our Luck | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1983 |
Hardcastle and McCormick | Self | 1983 |
Mama's Family | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1983 |
The King of Comedy | Dr. Joyce Brothers / Herself | 1982 |
Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
Madame's Place | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1982 |
Romance Theatre | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1982 |
Police Squad! | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1982 |
Desperate Lives | Mrs. Watson | 1982 |
An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
The Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1981 |
Simon & Simon | Dr. Hammond | 1981 |
More Wild Wild West | The Bystander / Bystander | 1980 |
Oh, God! Book II | Herself on NBC / Self on NBC | 1980 |
Your New Day | Self | 1980 |
Hero at Large | Self / Self (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 1980 |
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Police Dept. Psychologist | 1979 |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers | Self | 1978 |
WKRP in Cincinnati | Vicky Von Vickey | 1978 |
Taxi | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1978 |
Hee Haw Honeys | Self | 1978 |
Flying High | Joyce | 1978 |
America 2-Night | Self | 1978 |
Project U.F.O. | Dr. Siginaw / Dr. Paulson | 1978 |
High Anxiety | Self | 1977 |
CHiPs | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1977 |
Hollywood Connection | Self | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Mrs. Magwich | 1977 |
Embryo | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1976 |
Break the Bank | Self | 1976 |
Charlie's Angels | Dr. Lantry | 1976 |
The Sonny and Cher Show | Various Characters / Self | 1976 |
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Self / Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1976 |
Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975 |
Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
Showoffs | Self | 1975 |
Sammy and Company | Self | 1975 |
Ellery Queen | Lillian McGraw | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
Police Woman | Dr. Ester Howell / Dr. Harper / Dr. Marie Guy | 1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
Happy Days | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1974 |
Match Game | Herself - Panelist (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) / Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
Joanne Carson's VIPs | Self | 1972 |
The War Between Men and Women | Herself / Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1972 |
Stand Up and Be Counted | Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1972 |
The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show | Self | 1972 |
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Self | 1971 |
Love, American Style | Dr. Bentley (segment "Love and the Clinical Problem") | 1969 |
It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1969 |
The Ed Nelson Show | Self | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1968 |
Personality | Self | 1967 |
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self / Herself | 1967 |
The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
Missing Links | Self | 1963 |
You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) / Herself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Dr. Brothers | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) / Self / Herself | 1961 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Self - celebrity guest | 1956 |
The Jack Benny Program | Panelist Dr. Joyce Brothers | 1950 |
Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Herself | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Panelist (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | 1950 |