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name: "Joyce Brothers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joyce-brothers"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 October 1927"
died: "13 May 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T23:59:20.081252+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joyce Brothers

Actor. Born 20 October 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 May 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 October 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 13 May 2013
- **Active:** 1982–2004
- **Also known as:** Dr. Joyce Brothers

## Biography

Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) was an American psychologist, television personality and actress. She first gained prominence in 1955 as the second person, and only woman, to win the top prize on the game show *The $64,000 Question*, answering questions on boxing.

Brothers hosted syndicated advice programmes and wrote a long-running newspaper column and a monthly column for *Good Housekeeping*. From the 1970s she accepted numerous acting roles, usually playing herself or characters based on her public persona, in series including *Moonlighting* (1985), *The Nanny* (1993) and *Frasier* (1993), and films such as *The King of Comedy* (1982) and *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, as Dr. Joyce Brothers — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Joyce Brothers — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Baseball Announcer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Dr. Joyce Brothers (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *The King of Comedy* (1982), Fi1m 88, as Dr. Joyce Brothers — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-of-comedy.md)

## Also known for

- *National Lampoon's Van Wilder* (2002), Dr. Joyce Brothers
- *Analyze That* (2002), Dr. Joyce Brothers
- *The Nanny* (1993), Joyce Brothers
- *Married... with Children* (1987), The Judge
- *ALF* (1986), Joyce Brothers
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), Coroner
- *Spy Hard* (1996), Steele's Tag Team Member
- *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), Joyce Brothers (voice)

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