Joyce Hyser
Encyclopedia
Joyce Hyser is an American
actress.
(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 had a five-year relationship with Bruce Springsteen
, as recounted in a Rolling Stone interview, although later copies of the article deleted references to the relationship. 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.
" by Dan Hartman
receiving much airtime on MTV
in the mid '80s. In the video, Dan Hartman is a bartender pining for a beautiful customer, Joyce Hyser.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress.
Career
Hyser appeared in various films in the early 1980s, the last of which — Just One of the GuysJust One of the Guys
Just One of the Guys is a 1985 comedy film, directed by Lisa Gottlieb. The film is marketed with the tagline "Terri Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before." This movie ranked number 48 on Entertainment Weeklys list of the "50 Best High School Movies".-Plot:Terry Griffith is an...
(1985) — achieved some cult status. She then mainly guest-starred in TV shows, including a recurring role in L.A. Law
L.A. Law
L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...
as Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...
's girlfriend. Hyser had a five-year relationship with Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
, as recounted in a Rolling Stone interview, although later copies of the article deleted references to the relationship. Hyser was interested in the role of Dr. Melfi on The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
, but the role went to Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her TV roles as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on HBO series, The Sopranos, and Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series, Rizzoli & Isles...
.
In the early 1990s, Hyser stopped appearing on TV in favor of once more making movies and screenwriting.
Filmography
- The Hollywood KnightsThe Hollywood KnightsThe Hollywood Knights is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux depicting the crass and mischievous antics and practical jokes of the remaining members of a 1950s-era car club turned social fraternity in and around Beverly Hills and Hollywood in 1965...
(1980), Brenda Weintraub - They All LaughedThey All LaughedFor the 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin see They All Laughed They All Laughed is a 1981 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is based on a screenplay by Bogdanovich and Blaine Novak.-Plot:...
(1981), Sylvia - Valley GirlValley Girl (film)Valley Girl is a 1983 romantic comedy film, starring Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Cameron Dye, and Joyce Heiser. The film was the directorial debut of Martha Coolidge, and was the first film in which Nicolas Coppola was billed as Nicolas Cage.The American release of Valley Girl...
(1983), Joyce - Staying AliveStaying AliveStaying Alive is the 1983 film sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as dancer Tony Manero, with Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, and dancers Viktor Manoel, Kate Ann Wright, Kevyn Morrow and Nanette Tarpey...
(1983), Linda - This Is Spinal TapThis Is Spinal TapThis Is Spinal Tap is an American 1984 rock musical mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap...
(1984), Belinda - The Last Hunt (1985), Pia
- Just One of the GuysJust One of the GuysJust One of the Guys is a 1985 comedy film, directed by Lisa Gottlieb. The film is marketed with the tagline "Terri Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before." This movie ranked number 48 on Entertainment Weeklys list of the "50 Best High School Movies".-Plot:Terry Griffith is an...
(1985), Terry Griffith - Wedding Band (1990), Karla Thompson
- GreedyGreedy (film)Greedy is a 1994 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Phil Hartman and Nancy Travis, directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman...
(1994), Muriel - Can't Be HeavenCan't Be HeavenCan't Be Heaven is a Family comedy film directed by Richard Friedman. The film stars newcomer Bryan Burke and Ralph Macchio. The film was loosely based on the 1968 movie Blackbeard's Ghost.-Plot:...
(2000), Friend (uncredited) - Teddy Bears' PicnicTeddy Bears' Picnic (film)Teddy Bears' Picnic is a 2002 film directed and written by Harry Shearer. It was released in May, 2002 to limited audiences. Shearer has a small role.-Plot:...
(2002), Rita D'Onofrio - Art of RevengeArt Of RevengeArt of Revenge is a 2003 drama/thriller written & directed by Simon Gormick. The film was released straight to video & stars Joyce Hyser and Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind fame in the lead role of Matthew Kane.-Plot:...
(2003) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
), Lara Kane
TV appearances
- Lee Jeans commercial, (1980s)
- Freddy's NightmaresFreddy's NightmaresFreddy's Nightmares is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger...
, Pretty Mary - in the episode "Saturday Night Special" (1988) - Mancuso, F.B.I.Mancuso, F.B.I.Mancuso, F.B.I. was a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule.Mancuso, F.B.I. starred veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a...
, Vicki Singer - in the episode "Suspicious Minds" (1989) - Midnight CallerMidnight CallerMidnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio...
, an unknown character - in the episode "Wrong Side of the Wall" (1990) - L.A. LawL.A. LawL.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...
, Allison Gottlieb - in various episodes (1989–1990) - LifestoriesLifestoriesLifestories is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "Exactly what goes on during...
, Barbara Hudson - in the episode "Steve BurdickSteve Burdick"Steve Burdick" is an episode of the 1990 NBC television series Lifestories, an anthology drama that each week followed a new set of characters dealing with a medical issue. The episode revolves around Burdick , a gay television newsman with AIDS. When his lover dies of the disease, Burdick reveals...
" (1990) - The FlashThe Flash (TV series)The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash , and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and produced by their company, Pet Fly Productions, in...
, Megan Lockheart - in various episodes (1990–1991) - Raven, Nora Blake - in the episode "Is Someone Crazy in Here or Is It Me" (1992)
- Melrose Place, Dawn Bonds - in the episode "Responsibly Yours" (1992)
- ViperViper (TV series)Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that...
, Claire - in the episode "Past Tense" (1994) - The MarshalThe MarshalThe Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation...
, Annette Gabbiano - in the episode "Unprotected Witness" (1995) - Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
, Portia Dekker - in the episode "Game, Set, Murder" (1995) - Pacific BluePacific Blue (TV series)Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes...
, Dr. Alicia Alper - in the episode "Damaged Goods" (1998) - The DivisionThe DivisionThe Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...
, Ms. Vicky Lowell - in the episode "The Fear Factor" (2001) - I Love the '80s 3-DI Love the '80s 3-DI Love the '80s 3-D is the follow-up to VH1's 1980s nostalgia show I Love the '80s and its sequel I Love the '80s Strikes Back. It premiered October 24, 2005...
(miniseriesMiniseriesA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
), herself (as Joyce Hyser Robinson) (2005)
Music videos
Joyce Hyser was featured prominently in the music video for "I Can Dream About YouI Can Dream About You
"I Can Dream About You" is a song performed by Dan Hartman on the soundtrack album Streets of Fire from the movie of the same name. Originally released in 1984 as a single off Hartman's album I Can Dream About You, it reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was performed by Winston Ford in...
" by Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
receiving much airtime on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in the mid '80s. In the video, Dan Hartman is a bartender pining for a beautiful customer, Joyce Hyser.