36 Facts About Joyce Brothers

Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.

Joyce Brothers's syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for Good Housekeeping, in which she contributed for nearly 40 years.

Joyce Brothers is noted for working continuously for five decades across various platforms.

Joyce Brothers was born to Jewish attorneys Morris K Bauer and Estelle Rapport, who shared a law practice.

Joyce Brothers grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.

Joyce Brothers had a sister named Elaine Goldsmith, to whom she was close.

Joyce Brothers described that, while she was growing up, her father treated her like a son.

Joyce Brothers even decided to name her "Joseph" instead of Joyce before she was born.

Joyce Brothers graduated from Far Rockaway High School in January 1944.

Joyce Brothers was a member of Sigma Delta Tau at the time.

Joyce Brothers then attended Columbia University, where she obtained a Master of Arts in 1949 and a Ph.

Joyce Brothers used her photographic memory and focus on learning everything she could and quickly became regarded as an expert in the subject area of boxing.

Joyce Brothers was said to have been the first female boxing commentator.

Two years later, Joyce Brothers appeared on the spin-off series The $64,000 Challenge, which brought in the winners of The $64,000 Question and matched them against experts in the field.

Again, Joyce Brothers won the maximum prize against seven other competitors.

Joyce Brothers appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a means for the public to get to know her more than just through the advice columns.

Joyce Brothers covered a variety of topics, including prognosis for American football, the psychology of football, women's changing clothing styles, HIV and AIDS, and the rise of school shootings.

Joyce Brothers presented syndicated advice shows on both television and radio during a broadcasting career that lasted more than four decades.

Joyce Brothers appeared as Lillian McGraw in Episode 18 of the TV series Ellery Queen.

Joyce Brothers briefly appeared as herself in a dream sequence in The King of Comedy.

Joyce Brothers recurred as herself in Madame's Place, consulting with the title character about her neuroses.

Joyce Brothers appeared as herself in season 4 episode 21 of the popular sitcom Taxi and in both season 3 and season 5 of the sitcom The Nanny.

Joyce Brothers voiced an animated version of herself in the episode "Last Exit to Springfield" in season 4 of The Simpsons as well as a season 1 episode of Frasier portraying a "nut".

Joyce Brothers makes an appearance as a crime scene pathologist in the movie National Lampoon's: Loaded Weapon.

Joyce Brothers had a monthly column in Good Housekeeping for almost four decades and a syndicated newspaper column that she began writing in the 1970s, which at its height was printed in more than 300 newspapers.

Joyce Brothers published several books, including the 1981 book What Every Woman Should Know About Men and the 1991 book Widowed, inspired by the loss of her husband.

Joyce Brothers conducted self-promotion and was skilled in navigating the male-dominated media industry.

Joyce Brothers was viewed as the public crisis counselor as she was asked to comment on issues like Princess Diana's death and the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle.

Joyce Brothers addressed homosexuality in 1972 in her newspaper column.

Joyce Brothers gave up any notion of pursuing a career in psychology for herself because it could mean being in competition with her husband.

Early in her career, when Joyce Brothers was asked by women for advice on what to do if their husbands showed interest in other women, Joyce Brothers was known to ask the caller to look at themselves and ask what they could do to be more like the women their husbands seemed to chase.

Joyce Brothers later became more involved with issues of women's rights.

Mental health was stigmatized and not as covered in the media, but Joyce Brothers strived to contribute significantly to giving people a different perspective.

Joyce Brothers's show allowed the public to view psychologists as real people.

Joyce Brothers was recognized with the following honors and awards: Women of Achievement Award, Federation of Jewish Women ; Professional Woman of the Year, Business and Professional Women's Club ; Award of the Parkinson Disease Foundation.

Joyce Brothers died on May 13,2013, at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey.