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Joyce Brothers

Biography

Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. She first became famous in 1955 for winning the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. 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".

Brothers is often credited as the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream. Her syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for 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 fictional roles that parodied her "woman psychologist" persona. She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various genres. Numerous groups recognized Brothers for her strong leadership as a woman in the psychological field and for helping to destigmatize the profession overall.

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Known For

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
The Lonely Guy
The Lonely Guy
Oh, God! Book II
Oh, God! Book II
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Filmography

2014 Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Dorm Daze 2
as Celebrity Judge #1
2004 Entourage
as
2003 The Mullets
as
2002 A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Analyze That
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
2002 Nudes in the News
as Self (archive footage)
2002 National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
2001 Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
as
1999 Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1998 Felicity
as Judge
1998 V.I.P.
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
1998 Style & Substance
as
1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye
as
1997 Ally McBeal
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
1997 Perversions of Science
as Therapist Bethany Wolf
1996 Dear God
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
1996 Suddenly Susan
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
1996 Kenan & Kel
as Dr. Joyce Brothers
1996 Lover's Knot
as Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)