Harmon's stage debut came in Pajama Tops at the Klein Memorial Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. When she was three years old, Harmon modeled clothes in Fox Movietone News newsreels. She was a Miss Connecticut, She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York, or Flushing, New York.
Patricia Joy Harmon or Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) is an American baker and former actress.
