Robert Bergman (m. 1970–1971), Burt Reynolds (m. 1963–1965)
Nicknames
Joyce Botterill , Joyce Audrey Botterill
Movies
Johnny Thunders: What About Me, All the Right Noises, The Americanization of Emily, A Pair of Briefs, Out of Order
TV Shows
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Love on a Rooftop, The Rag Trade (1961), Fair Exchange
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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The 'Sock It to Me' Girl
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Fact
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Living in her birth town of Northampton, England. [2001]
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Appeared twice on "I Dream of Jeannie", once as a character and later as herself.
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At the age of six she performed in a local concert and won the encouragement of her parents to continue.
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Began dancing at her aunt's dancing school then moved to the Pitt-Draffen Academy of Dance.
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When she was nine she was accepted to the prestigious Bush-Davies Theatrical School for Girls, in East Grinstead, England near London. An instructor there began calling her "Judy" explaining that "Joyce" wasn't a good professional name. At sixteen she took her professional name Judy Carne. Carne comes from a character in the play "Sister Bonaventure.".
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While on a promotional tour for the TV series Fair Exchange (1962) Judy met Burt Reynolds. After a six-month courtship the two were married on June 28th 1963. The marriage lasted but two years. She never asked for alimony. Reynolds would be there for her in later years when she was dealing with financial woes amid her drug problems.
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Judy auditioned for and won the lead role of Julie Willis in the sitcom called Love on a Rooftop (1966). She was paired with actor Pete Duel, someone she knew and had met when she did a one-episode stint on the "Gidget" TV series. She later guested on his "Alias Smith and Jones" TV series. Duel later committed suicide.
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In July of 1969, during her "Laugh-In" heyday, Judy performed "American Moon" on the Ed Sullivan show. Sullivan, known for mispronouncing names, introduced her as "Judy Crane".
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"Laugh-In" producer George Schlatter initially blamed her for trying to break up the Laugh-In "family" by leaving after only two seasons.
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She was one of the actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Her performance of one of the film's songs, "Subsititutiary Locomotion," ended up on a Disneyland LP record containing cover versions of the songs (catalog # STER-1326).
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