Actress Judy Carne,
best known for being the “Sock it to me!” girl on “Rowan & Martin’s
Laugh-In” in the ’60s, died on Sept. 3, according to the Telegraph. She was 76.
Carne rose to
overnight fame with her appearances on “Laugh-In,” where the bouncy actress’
zany persona would be doused with water every time she uttered the phrase “Sock
it to me,” accidentally or not. She acted on the sketch comedy show for two
years, making the occasional appearance in the third season.
Carne was also
known for her tumultuous relationship with Burt Reynolds. She was the actor’s
first wife, marrying him in 1963 before they divorced in 1965. She detailed
their relationship, confessing to partaking in several affairs and struggling
with drug addiction, in her 1985 autobiography “Laughing on the Outside, Crying
on the Inside: The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock-It-To-Me Girl.”
She battled heavily
with drug addiction after leaving “Laugh-In,” being charged with heroin
possession and prescription forgery in the late ’70s. She was acquitted of the
heroin charge.
The actress was
born near Northampton , Northamptonshire ,
England , and trained at the Bush Davies Theatrical School
for Girls at East Grinstead as a child. Her
first television appearance came in 1956, in “The First Day of Spring.”
Carne went on to
serve as a panelist on “Juke Box Jury” and also appeared on sitcom “The Rag
Trade,” as well as the 1962 comedy film “A Pair of Briefs.”
Her other TV
credits include a regular role in sitcom “Fair Exchange,” “The Baileys of
Balboa,” a starring role in sitcom “Love on a Rooftop” and appearances in “The
Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
---- Extract from Variety
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