# Joy Hruby

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{{Short description|Australian actress and television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Joy Hruby
| image         = Joy Hruby nonfree.jpg
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| birth_name    = Joy Elaine Cox
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1927|07|01|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Taree](/source/Taree), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2017|02|21|1927|07|01|df=y}}
| death_place   = [Sydney](/source/Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
| education     = Whitehall Academy of Dramatic Art, [J.C. Williamson](/source/J.C._Williamson)
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|television presenter|producer|film-maker|author|agent}}
| notable_works = ''Joy's World''<br/>''Dubbo Dazzlers'' (book)
| family        = [Anna Hruby](/source/Anna_Hruby) (daughter)
}}

'''Joy Elaine Hruby''' (1 July 1927 – 21 February 2017) was an Australian actress and entertainer, comedian, TV presenter and interviewer, producer, film-maker, author and celebrity agent with a career spanning more than 50 years.<ref name=abc>{{cite news|title=Joy Hruby|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/09/08/2358452.htm|accessdate=6 June 2012|newspaper=ABC Brisbane|date=8 September 2008}}</ref> 
 
Hruby appeared in films including ''[Caddie](/source/Caddie_(film))'', ''[The Love Letters from Teralba Road](/source/The_Love_Letters_from_Teralba_Road)'', ''[Winter of our Dreams](/source/Winter_of_our_Dreams)'', and ''[Kitty and the Bagman](/source/Kitty_and_the_Bagman)''.<ref name="site" />

Hruby had small roles in TV soap operas including, ''[Sons and Daughters](/source/Sons_and_Daughters_(Australian_TV_series))'' and ''[Home and Away](/source/Home_and_Away)'', ''[G.P.](/source/G.P.)'' and ''[All Saints](/source/All_Saints_(TV_series))'' and featured the mini-series ''[Brides of Christ](/source/Brides_of_Christ)'', she also appeared in numerous theatre productions and entered films into [Tropfest](/source/Tropfest).

==Biography==
Hruby was born in [Taree](/source/Taree), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), the fourth of five siblings to Grace Adelaide Esther Thomas, a public speaker, union woman, community worker and suffragist and Henry "Harry" James Cox, who was a station master at [Dubbo](/source/Dubbo) during [WWII](/source/WWII), [ham radio](/source/ham_radio) enthusiast and maker of [steel guitar](/source/steel_guitar)s. She married Czech jazz pianist Zdenek Hruby in 1954 and the couple had three children: actress [Anna Hruby](/source/Anna_Hruby), Frank (a cameraman)<ref name="site" /> and Janette (a former film location caterer).<ref name="site" /><ref name=abc/> Hruby studied at the Whitehall Academy of Dramatic Arts and then the [J. C. Williamson](/source/J._C._Williamson) theatre, and appeared in a production of [Othello](/source/Othello) as Desdemona.

Hruby also had a community TV program on Channel 31 (later TVS) in Sydney and Melbourne titled ''Joy's World''. She was known for brightly-coloured feathered costumes and feather boas, and her signature sign-off line, "...and keep smiling". After Prime Minister [Malcolm Turnbull](/source/Malcolm_Turnbull) cancelled community television, she launched her own website and [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel.<ref name="site">{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/joy-hruby-launched-screen-careers-of-many-20170224-gukdig.html|title=Joy Hruby, actor who launched screen careers of many|date=March 2017 }}</ref>

Her contribution to the arts and entertainment was recognised with an [Order of Australia Medal](/source/Order_of_Australia_Medal) (OAM) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honours List.<ref name=smh>{{cite news|last=Iaccarino|first=Clara|title=A passion she cannot do without|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-passion-she-cannot-do-without/2007/01/25/1169594429022.html|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 January 2007}}</ref> Published in 2003, she wrote a wartime memoir, ''Dubbo Dazzlers'', which was also the name of a dance troupe she formed in Dubbo during WWII. Hruby had previously written notes for a biography titled ''The Spectacular Life of Joy Hruby''.<ref name="smh"/> She won a [Critics' Circle Theatre Award](/source/Critics'_Circle_Theatre_Award) for ''Half in Ernest''.

Hruby was later married to Denny, a pianist.<ref name="site" /> She died, aged 89<ref name=tvtonight-obit>{{cite web|last1=Knox|first1=David|title=Vale: Joy Hruby|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2017/02/vale-joy-hruby.html|website=tvtonight.com.au|publisher=[TV Tonight](/source/TV_Tonight)|accessdate=22 February 2017|date=22 February 2017}}</ref> on 21 February 2017.<ref name="deathnotice">[http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=joy-hruby&pid=184239083 Death Notice: Hruby, Joy Elaine], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 25 February 2017.</ref> Her service was held at Wilde Street [Anglican Church](/source/Anglican_Church) at [Maroubra, New South Wales](/source/Maroubra%2C_New_South_Wales) on 2 March 2017.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Type
|-
| 1976 || ''[Caddie](/source/Caddie_(film))'' || Mrs Sweeney || Feature film
|-
| 1977 || ''[The Love Letters from Teralba Road](/source/The_Love_Letters_from_Teralba_Road)'' || Len's Mother || Short Feature film
|-
| 1981 || ''[Winter of Our Dreams](/source/Winter_of_Our_Dreams)'' || Marge || Feature film
|-
| 1982 || ''[Heatwave](/source/Heatwave_(film))'' || Old Lady || Feature film
|-
| 1982 || ''[The Dark Room](/source/The_Dark_Room_(1982_film))'' || Ida Henning || Feature film
|-
| 1985 || ''[A Street to Die](/source/A_Street_to_Die)'' || Maureen || Feature film
|-
| 1987 || ''Confidentially Speaking'' || EAP Lady || Film short
|-
| 1993 || ''[You and Me and Uncle Bob](/source/You_and_Me_and_Uncle_Bob)'' || Mrs Patterson || Feature film
|-| 1995 || ''[Rough Diamonds](/source/Rough_Diamonds_(film))'' || Mrs Burns || Feature film
|-
| 1998 || ''[Praise](/source/Praise_(film))'' || Old Woman || Feature film
|-
| 1999 || ''[All the Way](/source/All_the_Way_(1998_film))'' || Mrs Kravytz || Feature film
|-
| 2007 || ''Music Box'' || Aunt Mary || Film short
|-
| 2008 || ''The Eighth'' || Story || Film short
|-
| 2010 || ''Conference of the Planets'' || Role unknown || Film short
|-
| 2010 || ''Donation Only'' || Mrs B || Film short
|-
| 2010 || ''The Key to the Computer'' || Story || Film short
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Type
|-
| 1976
| ''[No Room to Run](/source/No_Room_to_Run)''
| Woman On Beach
| ABC TV movie, US/AUSTRALIA
|-
| 1977
| ''[The Outsiders](/source/The_Outsiders_(Australian_TV_series))''
| Guest role: Ella
| TV series Germany/Australia, 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| ''[Puzzle](/source/Puzzle_(1978_film))''
| Guest role
| ABC TV movie, US/Australia
|-
| 1980
| ''[Spring & Fall](/source/Spring_%26_Fall)''
| Guest role: Woman Selling House
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1982;1983
| ''[A Country Practice](/source/A_Country_Practice)''
| Guest role: The Waitress
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[Scales of Justice](/source/Scales_of_Justice_(miniseries))''
| Guest role: Mrs Simpson
| ABC TV film series, 1 episode 1. "The Job"
|-
| 1983
| ''[A Country Practice](/source/A_Country_Practice)''
| Guest role: Mrs Farrow
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1984
| ''[Sweet And Sour](/source/Sweet_and_Sour_(1984_TV_series))''
| Guest role
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''[Sons And Daughters](/source/Sons_and_Daughters_(Australian_TV_series))''
| Guest role: Prostitute
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1986
| ''[A Fortunate Life](/source/A_Fortunate_Life)''
| Recurring role: Ma
| TV miniseries, 1 episode
|-
| 1986
| ''[Alice to Nowhere](/source/Alice_to_Nowhere)''
| Recurring role: Mrs Leary
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 1987-2001
| ''Sunday Joyride''
| Herself - Presenter
| TV series
|-
| 1988
| ''[Mother and Son](/source/Mother_and_Son)''
| Guest role: Woman Shopper
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1988
| ''[Mike Willesee's Australians](/source/Mike_Willesee's_Australians)''
| Guest role: Mrs Whittle
| TV film series, 1 episode 5: "Lottie Lyell"
|-
| 1988;1989
| ''[Rafferty's Rules](/source/Rafferty's_Rules)''
| Guest roles: Mrs Barnes / Dero Lady
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1990-2015
| ''Joy's World''
| Herself - Presenter
| TV series
|-
| 1991
| ''[Brides of Christ](/source/Brides_of_Christ)''
| Recurring role: Sister Polycarp
| ABC TV miniseries, 6 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[Phoenix](/source/The_Phoenix_(1982_TV_series))''
| Guest role: Fat Alice
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994;1996
| ''[G.P.](/source/G.P.)''
| Guest roles: Mrs Lucas / Millie
| ABC TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1994;1995
| ''Darren Gray Down Under''
| Herself - Guest
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1994
| ''TVTV''
| Herself & The Young Doctors cast
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995-1996
| ''Agatha Ramsbottom Show''
| Herself - Presenter
| TV series
|-
| 1996;1998
| ''[Home and Away](/source/Home_and_Away)''
| Guest roles: Mrs Riley / Mrs Penrose
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1998;2004
| ''[All Saints](/source/All_Saints_(TV_series))''
| Guest roles: Mrs Heinrich / Robin Wallace
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 2000
| ''[Above the Law](/source/Above_the_Law_(TV_series))''
| Guest role: Mrs Meriwether
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2004
| ''[Double the Fist](/source/Double_the_Fist)''
| Guest role: Edith
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[The Hamster Wheel](/source/The_Hamster_Wheel)''
| Additional Cast
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2011;2012
| ''[Laid](/source/Laid_(Australian_TV_series))''
| Recurring Guest role: Nan-Nan
| ABC TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[Ten News](/source/10_News_First)''
| Herself - Joy Hruby Funeral Service
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2017
| ''[The Project](/source/The_Project_(Australian_TV_program))''
| Herself - Joy Hruby Funeral Service
| TV series, 1 episode
|}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.joysworld.biz Joy's World website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904224241/http://www.joysworld.biz/ |date=4 September 2019 }}
* {{IMDb name|0398669|Joy Hruby}}

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