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RIP "TRIXIE NORTON" JOYCE RANDOLPH 1924-2024

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 14, 2024 at 9:45am

This is the only time the four of them were photographed in character posing for a photograph in an episode, May 1956 "The Safety Award":

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Permalink Reply by JK on January 14, 2024 at 10:19am

Somewhere I have a card that she signed for me with her real name and the full name of her character, "Thelma 'Trixie' Norton."

She was a real class act to her fans.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 14, 2024 at 10:23am

Indeed she was. Never expected a hug when I got that IP graph. I used to call her every New Years but did not this time as I read she wasn't well. The Honeymoon lasted 74 years. all told.

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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on January 14, 2024 at 10:25am

She sounded like a very kind lady. So cool you spoke to her on the phone every year!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 14, 2024 at 12:14pm

My best friend just informed me of the news. We played Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton in our high school Variety Show together. I played the part of Ed Norton. I am truly saddened to have learned this. Thank you for posting the discussion, Eric.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 14, 2024 at 12:41pm

It marks the end of classic golden TV, I think. The role was played once by Elaine Stritch who I also met, although she did not remember doing it. After that it was Joyce Randolph. There was Jane Kean, but Joyce Randolph will always be Trixie. Gleason said Randolph was Trixie, just as Meadows was always his Alice. It is very sad news, but 99....