Elaine Joyce (born December 19 1945, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American stage and television actress.
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Career
In 1972/73, Elaine Joyce starred on Broadway in Sugar, the musical comedy adaptation of the film Some Like It Hot.[1] Joyce played the title role of band singer Sugar Kane, the role previously played in the original movie by Marilyn Monroe. Joyce has appeared in numerous television series, including The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives, and was a regular guest on game shows such as Match Game, What's My Line?, and I've Got a Secret during the 1970s. She appeared in the final season of The Andy Griffith Show as Mavis Neff. She was also the host of The All New Dating Game for one season, from 1986-1987. The 170th and final episode of Green Acres, "The Ex-Secretary" (original air date: 27 April 1971 [season 6, episode 26]), was intended as the pilot for a spinoff series starring Elaine Joyce, among others. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, she was featured in many popular telelvision shows such as Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Magnum, P.I., etc. Currently, she has been working on a lounge act, written with the help of her husband Neil Simon. The act, "Second Time Around" features many notable songs and has been well-received in New York City as well as San Francisco.
Personal life
Elaine Joyce often appeared on game shows with her first husband, Bobby Van. They had one daughter, Taylor, born in 1977. After Van's death from brain cancer in 1980, she married television producer John Levoff, with whom she had a son, Michael Levoff, a spokesperson for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. They later divorced. For "a few years all the way through the middle eighties", Joyce dated the writer J. D. Salinger, who wrote her a letter after seeing her in her TV series Mr. Merlin.[2] Since 1999, she has been married to playwright Neil Simon.
References
- ^ http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3528
- ^ Alexander, Paul. "J. D. Salinger’s Women", New York Magazine, 1998-02-09. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
