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| Birth Name(s) : Joyce Botterill |
Date of Birth: April 27, 1939 |
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Trained in music and dance, tiny-framed, pixie-like Judy Carne was born Joyce Botterill in Northampton, England in 1939, and arrived in America on the eve of the mid-60s "British invasion". She began unobtrusively in film and TV parts, but developed enough as a light comedienne to win a regular role on a sitcom called "Baileys of Balboa, The" (1964), and then into her own romantic comedy series "Love on a Rooftop" (1966) opposite the late Pete Duel. The latter series, though short-lived, showcased Carne's appeal to maximum advantage. She found herself embraced by America as a cute, pert-nosed Cockney lass with a Peter Pan-like effervescence. It was no surprise when a couple of years later she would soared to "flower power" stardom on the hip and highly irreverent TV cult variety show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968), where she introduced the phrase "Sock it to me!" to the American vernacular.
As the plucky, mini-skirted (sometimes bikini-clad) foil with the trendy brunet shag, she always seemed to be on the receiving end of a slapstick prank, but the audiences loved her for it. The show also made household names out of fellow comrades Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Ruth Buzzi, Jo Anne Worley, Lily Tomlin, and, notably, Goldie Hawn, who managed to out-perk even Judy and grab the lion's share of attention. Judy proved herself a game sport for a while, but suddenly left the series after only two seasons, tired of the grind, the typecast, and disappointed at having her singing/dancing skills undermined by the ever-present pratfalls she was obliged to endure.
It was a major career mistake. Her post 'Laugh-In' professional life was surprisingly brief with the exception of a couple of mini-movies, a failed Las Vegas music act, and the TV talk show circuit. Despite an innocent, bubbly, cheery exterior, her private life was anything but. Her 1963 marriage to rising star Burt Reynolds was over within a couple of years. The divorce was acrimonious, with nasty, below-the-belt accusations from both sides making the tabloid sheets. A second marriage to TV producer Robert Bergman in 1970 lasted even less than that. More problematic, however, was Judy's escalating drug problem which started with marijuana and hallucinogens and grew into a full-fledged heroin addiction. Her career in shambles, she fell quickly into the lifestyle of a junkie and living in squalor. For the next decade, she literally dropped out of sight, with the exception of drug possession arrests and a 1978 car crash that left her with a broken neck, that made the papers. Her tell-all 1985 autobiography 'Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside' was harrowing and heart-wrenching, with explicit details of her descent into degradation, but it failed to bring back a long-disinterested audience. She has not been heard of much since her book. |
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Judy Carne (born Joyce Botterill on April 27, 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is an actress and may be best remembered for her using the phrase "Sock it to me!" while a regular on Laugh-In. (This phrase was actually first used at the very end of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheel's Devil with a Blue Dress, released in the winter of 1966-1967. This was followed up in their very next song/45 single, called simply Sock It to Me, released in the early spring of 1967. Laugh-In began its run in January 1968.)
It was on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) that Carne soared to stardom. Her most popular routine on the show ended with her saying the phrase "Sock it to me!", at which point she was doused with water or in some other way assaulted. Carne was on the series only for the first two seasons (1968–1969), but she made occasional appearances during the 1969–70 season. Her career faltered after she left the show. Laugh-In producer George Schlatter blamed her for breaking up the Laugh-In "family."
Carne was married to actor Burt Reynolds for two years (1963–1965) and producer Robert Bergman for one (1970–1971).
Carne developed a drug dependency starting with marijuana and eventually became a heroin addict. She lived as a junkie and had a near-fatal automobile accident in 1978 that broke her neck. She was in traction for about three months. On October 22 of the same year, Carne was arrested at London's Gatwick Airport for drug possession and did a stint in an English women's reformatory. Her autobiography, Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside (1984), chronicled her difficulties. |
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