Joyce Hyser
Date of birth: 1957-12-20
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Joyce Heiser, Joyce Hyser Robinson, Joyce Robinson
Biography
Hyser appeared in various films in the early 1980s, the last of which — Just One of the Guys (1985) — achieved some cult status. She then mainly guest-starred in TV shows, including a recurring role in L.A. Law as Jimmy Smits's girlfriend. Hyser was interested in the role of Dr. Melfi on The Sopranos, but the role went to Lorraine Bracco. In the early 1990s, Hyser stopped appearing on TV in favor of once more making movies and screenwriting
Movie Credits
The Hollywood Knights
1980-05-18
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell th
Just One of the Guys
1985-04-26
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because s
Valley Girl
1983-04-08
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and
The Wedding Pact
2014-02-04
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation th
Murder in High Places
1991-06-02
A small Colorado mountain town elects as its mayor a writer whom some residents consider "eccentric"
Greedy
1994-03-04
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead
Staying Alive
1983-07-11
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting to
This Is Spinal Tap
1984-03-02
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get
Art of Revenge
2003-08-03
After Matt Kane leaves his wife Lara after seven years of marriage for the single, fast life that he
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990-12-18
Steve Burdick is closeted television anchorman whose lover dies of an AIDS-related illness. Steve d
Wedding Band
1990-03-02
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
1991-09-18
Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the Trickst
They All Laughed
1981-11-20
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001-04-30
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California r