'Honeymooners' Actor Joyce Randolph Dead At 99

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I'm a bit shocked that I remember this show :eek: Article here

Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99.

Randolph was the last surviving lead of the iconic 1950s comedy, which she starred alongside Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows and Art Carney...

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“One year while (my son) was in college at Yale, he came home and said, ’Did you know that guys and girls come up to me and ask, ‘Is your mom really Trixie?’” she told The San Antonio Express in 2000. “I guess he hadn’t paid much attention before then.”

Earlier, she had lamented that playing Trixie limited her career.

“For years after that role, directors would say: ‘No, we can’t use her. She’s too well-known as Trixie,’” Randolph told the Orlando Sentinel in 1993..
 
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Yes, it was a good show from the golden era. No special effects just funny story lines. RIP

Edit: I have to admit I was watching re-runs with my mom and dad. Wasn't born till 61.
 
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