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Josephine "Josie" Miller (Phyllis Douglas) is the Joker's henchwoman in two 1967 episodes of Batman (2.47-2.48: “The Joker's Last Laugh” and "The Joker's Epitaph).

According to Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara, Josie had been involved in several criminal activities before she had even met Joker.

In "The Joker's Last Laugh" Josie takes part in the Joker's (Cesar Romero) scheme to take over the Gotham National Bank and seems to enjoy herself a lot during all the criminal activities carried out by her boss. Although she looks rather innocent, the Joker's charming partner-in-crime shows some true sadistic pleasure as she witnesses Robin's fight for his life after his capture at the hands of the Joker's gang (this time, highly dependent on robots programmed by the Prince of Crime himself).

In "The Joker's Epitaph", Josie begins to play a more active role during the Joker's attempt to blackmail Bruce Wayne (Adam West), Batman's alter ego, and even tries to make the millionaire marry her in order to get access to Bruce's riches. Although Batman & Robin (Burt Ward) have no formal evidence against the Joker and Josie, they manage to lure both criminals into a trap set up for them at the Gotham National Bank: as the Joker thinks his robotic henchmen could be reprogrammed by the Dynamic Duo, he orders them to kill the caped crusader and his sidekick, thus becoming guilty of attempted murder with Josie as his willing accomplice.

Like most molls in this series, Josie herself does not engage in combat with Batman and Robin, but simply stays there to watch the Joker and his robots being defeated by the Dynamic Duo. After all her male or mechanical accomplices are out cold, Josie has no other choice but surrender: without trying to make a run for it, a now rather melancholic Josie just holds out her wrists for Batman to slap the batcuffs on her. Already secured, Josie asks Batman to tell Bruce Wayne that marrying her could really have been fun. Afterwards, the Joker's moll is led away with the clear perspective of quite some jail time lying ahead for her.

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