Joyce Brothers | |
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Born | Joyce Diane Bauer October 20, 1927 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
Died | May 13, 2013 Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Beth David Cemetery |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, writer |
Years active | 1955–2013 |
Spouse |
Milton Brothers
(m. 1949; died 1989) |
Children | 1 |
Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.
In 1955, she won the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question.[1] Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which established her as a pioneer in the field of "pop (popular) psychology".
Brothers is often credited as the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream.[1] Her syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for Good Housekeeping, in which she contributed for nearly 40 years.[2] As Brothers quickly became the "face of psychology" for American audiences, she appeared in numerous television roles, usually as herself.[3] From the 1970s onward, she also began to accept fictional roles that mocked her "woman psychologist" persona.[4] She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various platforms.[1] Numerous groups recognized Brothers for her strong leadership as a woman in the psychology field and for trying to end the stigma around mental health.