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The indelible Trixie of the Honeymooners was almost 100 years young and the last surviving cast member. Joyce Randolph was hired to play Trixie by Jackie Gleason. (Audrey Meadows was hired to play Alice, instead of Gleason's first choice, Pert Kelten who had been blacklisted.) Randolph's character Trixie did not have many lines to say as she was the foil to Alice and Norton. The Honeymooners aired on the groundbreaking and innovative DuMont network until the networks demise in 1956. -Rj
With the last photo I just recognised her on the show with Jackie Gleason. Was part of my childhood in black and white.... I'm that old...
Even if my mother language is French I was fully bilingual at 4yo in 1954 and my dad working for Bell Canada did have to move in Stanstead very very close to the US border. So I learned English there and was looking to USA's TV channels then.
We were so close to the US border that my mom used to go to USA by foot to go shopping there as in that time no need of a passport of any kind of IDs.
The indelible Trixie of the Honeymooners was almost 100 years young and the last surviving cast member. Joyce Randolph was hired to play Trixie by Jackie Gleason. (Audrey Meadows was hired to play Alice, instead of Gleason's first
ReplyDeletechoice, Pert Kelten who had been blacklisted.) Randolph's character Trixie did not have many lines to say as she was the foil to Alice and Norton. The Honeymooners aired on the groundbreaking and innovative DuMont network until the networks demise in 1956. -Rj
With the last photo I just recognised her on the show with Jackie Gleason.
ReplyDeleteWas part of my childhood in black and white.... I'm that old...
Even if my mother language is French I was fully bilingual at 4yo in 1954 and my dad working for Bell Canada did have to move in Stanstead very very close to the US border.
So I learned English there and was looking to USA's TV channels then.
We were so close to the US border that my mom used to go to USA by foot to go shopping there as in that time no need of a passport of any kind of IDs.
JiEL - Those were very different times.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching this with my parents. Yes, JiEL a lot of us are that old!
ReplyDeleteAh...In truth, I thought she had left us a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteAn absolutely iconic show.
ReplyDeleteBorn in 1924 she was almost 100yo.. I like to know more so I went on Wikipedia.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Randolph
Besides her outstanding body of work----
ReplyDeleteA women againg gracefully----
What a run she had. Loved her. She was my favorite character on the show.
ReplyDeleteJiEL - I usually ask Google.
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