Claim to Fame: If you know of Judy Carne then you certainly know her
from the show of "Laugh-In" where her phrase 'sock-it-to-me' became a household
word.
Family Life: Robert Bergman (May 1970 - 1971) (divorced)
Burt Reynolds (June 1963 - 1965) (divorced)
Married two other times but I have no info on dates or to whom.
Info: She was the swinging, bikini-clad, graffiti-covered British
kewpie doll during the first two seasons of the popular Rowan & Martin's
"Laugh-In."
However, during the 1970s her career slowly crumbled due to her outrageous
lifestyle and drug addiction.
Her career all but ended when she was in a near-fatal car crash in 1978. The
accident where she broke her neck was while her husband at the time, Robert
Bergmann, was driving.
He was high and Judy pleaded with him to stop driving but as we know this didn't
happen and Judy spent three months in a halo traction device.
Judy eventually sued Robert and won $95,000 to pay back her father, who paid her
medical expenses.
Sadly she didn't learn her lesson about drubs. In October of the same year, Judy
was arrested at London's Gatwick Airport for drug possession and did a stint in
an English women's reformatory.
Trivia:
Known as the 'Sock It to Me' Girl
Ex-husband Burt Reynolds invited Judy as his guest the first time he
guest-hosted "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in the early 70s. They
hadn't spoken in six years
Judy developed a drug dependency starting with marijuana and eventually became a
heroin addict.
She asked Burt Reynolds to lend her $500 promising to use it to enter drug
rehab. Instead, she took the money and purchased cocaine (1975).
While shooting an episode of 'Hollywood Squares' she fell asleep in her square,
which became her last appearance on 'Hollywood Squares.'
Where
is She Now:
In 1984 she wrote a book about her life,
'Laughing On The Outside, Crying On The Inside: The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock
It To Me Girl.'
This led to a little more face time in America in 1985 where she toured in the
talk-show circuit promoting it.
Basically she capitalized on her harrowing drug problem and her disastrous
two-year marriage to Burt Reynolds.
Again, however, Judy's resurgence was cut short by more drug
arrests.
Since that time she has only appeared occasionally on "Laugh-In" reunions and
talk-show spots.
In the 90's she did make a few appearances on 'The Howard Stern Show.' And again
it was just a rehash of her troubled life.
Last references I could find is that in 2001 she was living in her birth town of
Northampton, England.
CREDITS:
"Police Woman" in episode: "Brain Wash" (1976)
Only with Married Men (1974) (TV) .... Marge West
"QB VII" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Natalie
Someone at the Top of the Stairs (1973).... Gillian
Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby... (1973) .... Stacy Stoner
"Love, American Style" (1973)
"Thriller" playing "Gillian Pemberton" (1973)
"Love, American Style" (1972)
"Cade's County" playing "Judy" (1972)
"Love, American Style" (1972)
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971) .... Midge Taylor
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)
"Love, American Style" (1971)
"Love, American Style" (1969)
"I Dream of Jeannie" (1969)
All the Right Noises (1969) .... Joy Lewin
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968-1970)
"Run for Your Life" (1968)
"The Big Valley" (1967)
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1967)
"Love on a Rooftop" (1966) .... Julie Willis
"I Dream of Jeannie" (1966)
"Gunsmoke" playing "Pearl" (1966)
"Twelve O'Clock High" (1966)
"The Farmer's Daughter" (1965)
"Gidget" playing "Pat Taylor" (1965)
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1965)
"Twelve O'Clock High" (1965)
The Americanization of Emily (1964) 'Nameless Broad'
"The Baileys of Balboa" (1964) .... Barbara Wyntoon
"Twelve O'Clock High" (1964)
"Bonanza" playing "Sister Mary Kathleen" (1963)
A Pair of Briefs (1962) .... Exotic dancer (maid)
"Fair Exchange" (1962) TV Series .... Heather Finch
"Danger Man" playing "Juanita" (1961)
Updated: 8/21/2005
Sadly she didn't learn her lesson about drubs. In October of the same year, Judy
was arrested at London's Gatwick Airport for drug possession and did a stint in
an English women's reformatory. 
Again, however, Judy's resurgence was cut short by more drug
arrests. 
