Joyce Gordon (March 25, 1929 – February 28, 2020) was an American actress.

Early life

Gordon was born on March 25, 1929, in

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, and grew up in

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. Her father was the founder of the National Barber and Beauty Manufacturers Association. She attended the

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and the

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. In her late teens, she left Chicago and went to New York to seek opportunities to appear on television programs.

Career

On television, Gordon appeared on ''

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'', '' Studio One'' and ''

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''. She also acted in commercials, at one point appearing daily on CBS as she promoted different products. She became the first woman president of

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(SAG)'s New York branch in 1966. She was the first person to wear glasses on television and appear under her own name. She was also the voice of the recorded message callers hear when dialing an incorrect phone number. Gordon provided English-language voices for actresses who spoke other languages. Over a two-year span, she dubbed 32 films that originally had dialog in other languages. On radio, Gordon portrayed Cherry on ''

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'' and Barbara Miller on the comedy ''

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''.

Personal life and death

Gordon was married to actor

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for more than 50 years, and they had two children, Mark and Melissa. She died on February 28, 2020, at age 90.

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*https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6561258 1929 births 2020 deaths Actresses from Chicago Actresses from Des Moines, Iowa Place of death missing Actresses from New York City Screen Actors Guild University of Illinois alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American television actresses {{US-tv-actor-1920s-stub