Authenticity is Everything
The Vintage Signature of Joyce Randolph 1924-2024 "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.
An early example provided by Eddy
C. 1954
Early 1950's
1950's
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
Another John Verzi, this from 1965, by way of member Scott Paul:
July 4th, 1972
1970's
My IP from January 2009:
Randolph "now 87" in 2009. Still beautiful.
2013 from our Scott Paul:
And there, thanks to Scott, is a new addition to my collection. Joyce at 95! 2019 ANS. She was the last living original cast member. What a LADY!
The Vintage Signature of Jackie Gleason 1916-1987 "Ralph Kramden"
The Vintage Signature of Audrey Meadows 1922 - 1996 "Alice Kramden"
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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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 on
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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 on
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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.
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Hi JK,
That sounds really cool. So very few are signed that way! Didn't Trixie have a Vaudeville stage name?
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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on
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Eric, if you want feel free to use my 1965 Joyce Randolph that is on here somewhere.
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I saw this lovely little signed questionnaire online and it is a good 1987 for our purposes:
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She was such a humble lady and truly appreciated her fans. Great item.
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She was. I will never forget my last conversation with her, or that my friend was invited to jump on the phone to say hello, I wish my Dad could know of this relationship.We watched religiously in the 1970's on WPIX and I have recently;y come to the idea that the character Trixie was the most even of them all. I did meet the first Trixie, Elaine Stritch, But she had no idea she originated the role by the time I met her..
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Hi Eric, If I was better at reading, I would have seen this was for vintage autographs of hers! Sorry about that I deleted it. I
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No no Scott, please do re-post. While the focus is on the vintage, I made every effort to show each until their later signing years and would love to add yours to the main article. Please send the scans to me in a PM?
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Actually, I was able to get in the notification that JK added it. So, your note is already after mine in the main article :-) Thank you Scott! :-)
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Oh, good it is right side up too lol. Did you want my dated 1965, album page for here?
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