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American actress (1929–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joyce Gordon (March 25, 1929–February 28, 2020) was an American actress.
Joyce Gordon | |
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Born | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | March 25, 1929
Died | February 28, 2020 90) | (aged
Alma mater | University of Illinois University of Wisconsin |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse | Bernard Grant |
Children | 2 |
Joyce Gordon was born on March 25, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Jule and Diana (Cohn) Gordon.[1] Her father was the founder of the National Barber and Beauty Manufacturers Association.[2] She grew up in Chicago, later attending the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin.[3] In her late teens, she left Chicago and went to New York to seek opportunities to appear on television programs.[2][4]
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On television, Gordon appeared on The Ad-Libbers,[5] Studio One and Robert Montgomery Presents.[6] She also acted in commercials, at one point appearing daily on CBS as she promoted different products.[4] Gordon was the on screen spokeswoman for Crisco and Duncan Hines and did numerous promos for sports and news programs.[3] She was the first woman of many things in her field. In the 1950s, she became the first woman to do network promos, and the first woman announcer for a political convention on network television.[7] She was very active in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and became the first woman to lead a local branch of the union when she became president of the New York branch in 1966.[3] She was the first person to wear glasses on television while playing herself, earning her the nickname "The Girl With the Glasses"[1]. She was also the voice of the Intercept messages for callers hear when dialing an disconnected number, forgetting to dial a 1, and others[8]She is commonly played on Verizon Wireline Exchanges and Ziply Fiber Exchanges (Former Verizon, GTE and Frontier).
Gordon provided English-language voices for actresses who spoke other languages including Jeanne Moreau and Claudia Cardinale.[2] Over a two-year span, she dubbed 32 films that originally had dialog in other languages.[9]
On radio, Gordon portrayed Cherry on Mark Trail[10] and Barbara Miller on the comedy My Son Jeep.[11]
Gordon was married to actor Bernard Grant for more than 50 years,[2] and they had two children, Mark and Melissa. She died on February 28, 2020 at age 90.[6][3]
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