What psychologist went "all the way" on the TV shows The $64,000 Question and The $64,000 Challenge?

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Joyce Brothers won 'The $64,000 Question' in 1955. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Brothers Dec 13 12, 2:51 AM

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During a public career spanning more than forty years, Dr. Joyce Brothers made the unlikely journey from housewife to celebrity quiz show contestant to the nation's best-known media psychologist. On her first venture into television in 1955 as a contestant on The $64,000 Question, the most popular quiz show of its day, Brothers won the viewing public's notice for her knowledge of boxing, an expertise that seemed unusual for the petite woman who also held a doctorate in psychology. Her instant celebrity led to a television show of her own, as well as radio programs and syndicated newspaper and magazine columns. In late 1955, to relieve the financial strain, Brothers decided to try out for the popular television show The $64,000 Question, which frequently selected contestants with novel areas of specialization. The attractive psychologist, who had become an expert on boxing to please her husband, as she explained it, was an instant favorite. With the determination that has characterized her entire career, Brothers studied volumes of a boxing encyclopedia to enhance her already considerable knowledge. After seven weeks on the she became the second person and only woman to win the $64,000 top prize. Two years later, Brothers appeared on a successor program, The $64,000 Challenge, which matched the contestant against experts in the field. Again, Brothers walked off with the maximum prize. "I had enough to promise myself I'd never do things I didn't want to do again," she recalled. Whhen hearings were held in 1959 about corruption on The $64,000 Question, Brothers's honesty was documented. She later revealed that the producers had wanted her off the show, but she had frustrated their intentions by answering the difficult questions they had expected would defeat her. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Brothers.html Dec 14 12, 7:40 AM