Joyce Randolph

Joyce Randolph
Randolph flipping the switch at the Empire State Building, February 2007
Born	Joyce Sirola (1924-10-21) October 21, 1924 (age 92) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–2000
Spouse(s)	Richard Lincoln Charles (1955–1997; his death); 1 son
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Joyce Randolph (born October 21, 1924) is an American actress, known for playing Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners.

Randolph was born as Joyce Sirola in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to New York City in 1943 to pursue an acting career. She took roles on Broadway and landed various television roles.

In 1951, she was seen in a Clorets commercial by Jackie Gleason and was asked to appear in a skit on Cavalcade of Stars, Gleason's variety show on the DuMont Television Network. Soon after, she was cast as Trixie in The Honeymooners. Several New York columnists referred to her as the "Garbo of Detroit". “That's still a mystery ... I was a nobody in Detroit. Why Garbo? Well, she was Scandinavian — and so was I”, responded Randolph.

Randolph is the last surviving member of the famous Honeymooners quartet, which included Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, Art Carney as Ed Norton, Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden (after replacing a blacklisted Pert Kelton), and Randolph as Trixie Norton.

Randolph was not the very first "Trixie Norton"; Elaine Stritch appeared as a burlesque "Trixie" circa 1951 in Cavalcade of Stars, where the premise for The Honeymooners first took root. Stritch only played the role once and Randolph took over. Randolph had met her future Honeymooners co-star Meadows long before they did the television series, working together in a production of No, No, Nanette.