Trivia

On July 8, 1985, she was arrested at the US Passport Office in New York City for assault and creating a disturbance. She arrived at the office to apply for a passport and demanded to be allowed to cut to the front of the line. When a clerk refused her demands, Heatherton allegedly began screaming and cursing and attacked the clerk, pulling her hair and knocking her down. Police were called and she was arrested.

In mid-July 1985 she was arrested in New York City and charged with skipping out on a $4900 hotel bill in East Hampton, Long Island, NY.

She had a brief, basically unsuccessful recording career, with a minor hit covering Ferlin Husky's "Gone" in 1972.

Writing about a USO tour, Bob Hope described Joey and her costume as "nine feet of girl in four feet of leopard skin.".

Daughter of Ray Heatherton who also played "The Merry Mailman" on children's-time television.

Subject of Jill Sobule's song "Joey" (2004).

Her brother, Dick Heatherton, was a prominent radio disc jockey in New York, on WCBS-FM in the 1970s and 1980s.

Was largely the basis for, and part namesake of, the "Lola Heatherton" character as played by Catherine O'Hara on SCTV (1976) and SCTV Network (1981).

On August 30, 1986, she was arrested in New York on charges of drug possession and felonious assault after allegedly trying to stab her boyfriend at his home during an argument. When police arrived they found white powder believed to be cocaine in her purse, and she was arrested.

In May of 1986 she was charged by the Internal Revenue Service with income-tax evasion. for failure to pay almost $20,000 in back taxes dating back to 1977.

She is mentioned in three episodes of the TV series "Monk": Season 3's "Mr. Monk and the Panic Room," Season 6's "Mr. Monk Joins a Cult" and Season 8's "Mr. Monk and the Badge.".

In the 1960s her brother, Dick Heatherton, was a disk jockey on WPOP in Hartford, CT.

She was the Mystery Guest on the November 7, 1965, episode of What's My Line? (1950) Longtime panelist Dorothy Kilgallen, 52, was found dead just hours after the program aired live. Four years to the day after Dorothy's death, Joey appeared as a guest in a "Color Honeymooners" episode of The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) which originally aired November 8, 1969.