Biography

December 20, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA

Bruce Springsteen saw Joyce Hyser at a party in Los Angeles during his 1978 tour. Bruce asked Gary Busey to introduce them and she traveled with him on the rest of the tour.

Spokeswoman for the Harold Robinson Foundation which she co-founded with her husband Jeff Robinson in honor of her father-in-law (2009). The charitable organization manages a summer camp for inner city and impoverished children in South Los Angeles.

Grew up on the east coast and attended summer camp every year as a result of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. She credits her summer camp experiences with helping her to discover her talents and find the confidence she needed to pursue her dreams.

Dated Warren Beatty.

Best known by the public for her role as Terry Griffith in the cult classic Just One of the Guys (1985) and her recurring role as Allison Gottlieb on the television series L.A. Law (1986).

[Interview, 2005] My life changed after Just One of the Guys (1985). People stopped looking at my face and looked at my chest instead.

[on how the movie Just One of the Guys (1985) was more than your average high school comedy] Although it may be cloaked in a silly teenage romp, I was absolutely drawn to this project because of its subversive gender identity messages (for both young men and young women). The film actually operates on so many different levels and deals with so many teenage issues from homophobia to the pressure that is put on kids to conform to a certain ideal, that it always surprised me that at the time of its release, it was not really judged for the sum of all its parts.