Joyce Randolph, Trixie on 'The Honeymooners' TV sitcom, dies at 99 - media

Joyce Randolph, the last surviving cast member of the 1950s sitcom "The Honeymooners," has died at 99. Her son confirmed the death.

Actress Joyce Randolph, who played the peppy working-class Brooklyn housewife Trixie on "The Honeymooners" and was the last surviving cast member of the seminal 1950s sitcom starring Jackie Gleason, died on Saturday at her Manhattan home, her family told multiple media. She was 99.

The circumstances of her death were not disclosed, but her son Randolph Charles confirmed the news to media outlets.

"The Honeymooners" starred Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Randolph as a group of blue-collar characters living in a Brooklyn apartment building. The show focused on Ralph Kramden's get-rich-quick schemes, his friendship with Ed Norton, and the relationships between the characters. It was consistently ranked among the top TV comedies ever made.

Randolph was born on October 21, 1924, and moved from her native Detroit to New York to pursue her acting career. She got her big break after Jackie Gleason noticed her in a commercial and offered her the part of Trixie in "The Honeymooners" skits.

Despite her character's superior attitude, it was mentioned twice during the series that she may have been a dancer in burlesque before becoming Mrs. Norton. Randolph described Gleason as a difficult star, known for his aversion to rehearsal and extreme mood swings.

After "The Honeymooners," Randolph continued to perform in commercials and stage work. She did not appear in the 1960s revival of "The Honeymooners," which had Jane Kean in the part of Trixie.

Randolph had one child with her husband, retired advertising executive Richard Charles, who died in 1997. With her passing, Randolph became the last survivor of the original cast of "The Honeymooners," following the deaths of Gleason, Meadows, and Carney.

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