Joy Shatner: Who Is William Shatner’s Sister?

Joy Shatner is the sister of William Shatner, an actor. Joy’s brother William is also a musician and his album Seeking Major Tom (2011) includes covers of Pink Floyd’s “Learning to Fly”, David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

Joy Shatner: Bio Summary

Who Is William Shatner’s Sister?

Joy Shatner was born in the year 1928 to Ann (née Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing manufacturer. She was born to a Conservative Jewish household. She is not the only child her parents gave birth to. She has two siblings Farla Cohen (1940) and William Shatner ( March 22, 1931).

Joy Shatner’s father was a Jewish emigrant from Bukovina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and her maternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews. There isn’t in-depth information about Joy on the internet. She has lived a very private life away from the limelight.

Joy Shatner’s educational background and qualifications are unknown. The career path she chose is unknown. Her sources of income cannot be determined although she is certainly earning money on her own. She is in the spotlight thanks to her brother William Shatner.

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Joy Shatner was the wife of Gerald Rutenberg. The two dated for some time before getting married. How they met and where they met for the first time remains a mystery. The pair kept their union from the public domain. According to sources, Gerald Rutenberg passed away on 11 October 1977.

Is William Shatner’s Sister Still Alive?

Whether Joy Shatner is alive or not is unknown. There hasn’t been any news of her death. She hasn’t been involved in any activities that will put her name in the headlines recently. She hasn’t been spotted at public functions and seems to have no social media accounts.

As for her famous brother William Shatner, he is still alive as of 2023. His career spans over seven decades. He is recognizable to several television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.

In the 1960s, William Shatner worked in films such as Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and The Intruder (1962) and on television guest-starring in dozens of series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Defenders (1961), The Outer Limits (1963) and The Twilight Zone (1959).

William is known for working in the three seasons of Star Trek (1966), co-starring alongside Leonard Nimoy, with the series eventually becoming a bonafide cult classic with a worldwide legion of fans known as “Trekkies”. He is also known for the original Star Trek (1966).

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The series culminated in a series of big-budget “Star Trek” feature films including Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

William Shatner starred in the tv series T.J. Hooker (1982) from 1982 to 1986, alongside spunky Heather Locklear. He displayed his comedic talents in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), and Miss Congeniality (2000).