DR. JOYCE BROTHERS

Dr. Joyce Brothers was a psychologist, television personality and advice columnist from 1955 to the 2010s. She became famous in 1955 when she appeared on "The $64,000 Question" (as a contestant asked about boxing, being the only woman to win the top prize!). That made her nationally famous, and she did the same thing in 1958 on "The $64,000 Challenge", and she became the color commentator for a major boxing match on CBS, the first woman boxing commentator. However, later in 1958, she switched gears and started a TV show in New York City, where she gave relationship advice, and in doing so, she invented the field of "television psychology" (she had a doctorate and was a therapist, and from that point on was always referred to as "Dr. Joyce Brothers"). The following year, the quiz show scandals happened, but she insisted she was never given any answers on either show, and no one has ever proved otherwise. She has appeared on many television shows through the years, including: "The Daily Show", and "Live With Regis and Kathy Lee". She also appeared in several movies as herself: The King of Comedy, Exit to Eden, and Van Wilder. Brothers passed away in 2013 at the age of 85.