The Vintage Signature of Joyce Randolph 1922-2022 "Trixie Norton"

Trixie, the strong willed wife of Ed Norton, upstairs girlfriend of Alice and friend of Ralph, Trix had a somewhat shady backstory involving a few risqué sketches in Vaudeville. Like Audrey Meadows, she did not originate her role. That was Elaine Stritch, once. Randolph only played Trixie from 1952-1957 - others played the character including Patricia Wilson, Jane Kean and Sue Ann Landon. Randolph was the longest surviving original Honeymooners cast member, having passed less than a year ago on January 13, 2024.

Randolph's vintage signature is even harder to secure than Gleason's! By a ratio of some 4 to 1 easily! I have just a handful to share. Like Meadows and Carney, she is very plentiful in later form.

C. 1954

1956

March 26th, 1958; note the skipped ballpoint

As Randolph only acted in a single TV episode during the 1960's, there is very little to nothing available.

1961 John Verzi Collection

July 4th, 1972

1970's

February 25th, 1981

My IP from January 2009:

Randolph "now 87" in 2009. Still beautiful.The Vintage Signature of Audrey Meadows 1922 - 1996 "Alice Kramden"

The Vintage Signature of Art Carney 1918 - 2003 "Ed Norton"

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector yesterday

Well done, Eric.

Over the years, Ms. Randolph was kind enough to mail me three short letters.

I remember awhile back leaving her a message on her answering machine asking her about the signing habits of Mr. Gleason, Mr. Carney and Ms. Meadows and we ended up having a nice conservation on the phone.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo 7 hours ago

Thank you Christopher. I always appreciate your valued comments. I must have mentioned, but I used to call her every New Year's Day for years. When I met her, she told me "Mr. Gleason never signed anything." My Dad would never believe I met Trixie! But then, he watched them live ;)

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Permalink Reply by JK yesterday

I unfortunately don't have a photo of it handy, but later in her life she signed a card, as I requested, with her name and also with the full name of her character, Thelma "Trixie" Norton.