The same year that the classic sitcom The Honeymooners premiered, Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton, got married in real life. Creator and star Jackie Gleason's reaction was worthy of his character, gruff bus driver Ralph Kramden. "When my parents got married, Gleason's card said, 'Congratulations. No babies!" recalls Joyce's son, Randy Richard Charles, to Closer. "So they waited until the show was over and then they got pregnant."
Joyce and her husband, Richard Lincoln Charles, a marketing executive, didn't have to wait long to start a family. The Honeymooners stopped making new episodes just a year later, in 1956, but it has lived on in reruns and in the hearts of its fans for decades. Joyce, now 98, is the last living co-star, and while The Honeymooners was only a small part of her long life, it looms large in her memory. "It was all wonderful," she tells Closer. "Just being there, knowing we were popular. That was good!"
Denne historien er fra February 20, 2023-utgaven av Closer US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra February 20, 2023-utgaven av Closer US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
My Family COMES FIRST
THE TODAY ANCHOR WILL LEAVE THE SHOW NEXT YEAR TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER DAUGHTERS
JULIE BOWEN - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME
THE EMMY-WINNING ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS, MODERN FAMILY & MORE
BONNIE BARTLETT & WILLIAM DANIELS - OUR LOVE Keeps Getting Stronger
THE ACCLAIMED ACTORS REFLECT ON THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR 73-YEAR UNION WORK
I've Never Been HAPPIER
The Partridge Family alum talks about his life today and the long road he has traveled.
I'm a SURVIVOR
A TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD DIDN'T STOP THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND STAR FROM LIVING HER DREAMS
Cary Grant - HAUNTED By His Past
THE HANDSOME AND CHARMING ACTOR SPENT DECADES RUNNING FROM HIS CHILDHOOD PAIN
FAREWELL TO A LEGEND
\"I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love.\"
Freshly Reinvented OLD-SCHOOL BITES
Discover a new and creative twist on traditional Hungarian recipes that you'll instantly add to your rotation
INA GARTEN - HOW THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
\"It was the hardest thing I ever did. I told him that I needed to be on my own.\"
FRANK SINATRA & DEAN MARTIN - The Night That Almost Ended in TRAGEDY
A MAN NEARLY DIED WHEN A CELEBRATORY EVENING AMONG THE RAT PACK WENT HORRIBLY WRONG