Judy Carne
Judy
Carne (born Joyce Botterill on April 27, 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire,
England) is an actress and may be best remembered for her introducing the phrase
"Sock it to me!" while a regular on Laugh-In.
Carne moved to the United States in the early 1960s. Her first regular acting
role was on a sitcom called Fair Exchange, in which she played an English
teenager who goes to the United States to live with an American family whose
daughter (played by Lynn Loring) has gone to live in England. That was followed
by The Baileys of Balboa (1964) and then she had the lead role in Love on a
Rooftop (1966).
It was on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) that Carne soared to stardom.
Her most popular routine on the show ended with her saying the phrase "Sock it
to me!", at which point she was doused with water or in some other way
assaulted. Carne was on the series only for the first two seasons (1968–1969),
but she made occasional appearances during the 1969–70 season. Her career
faltered after she left the show. Laugh-In producer George Schlatter blamed her
for breaking up the Laugh-In "family."
Carne was married to actor Burt Reynolds for two years (1963–1965) and producer
Robert Bergman for one (1970–1971).
Carne developed a drug dependency starting with marijuana and eventually became
a heroin addict. She lived as a junkie and had a near-fatal automobile accident
in 1978 that broke her neck. She was in traction for about three months. On
October 22 of the same year, Carne was arrested at London's Gatwick Airport for
drug possession and did a stint in an English women's reformatory. Her
autobiography, Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside (1985), chronicled
her difficulties.