Joyce Shaw (née Crosby, previously Gilroy) was Alec Gilroy's first wife and mother of Sandra. Joyce met Alec when she assisted her father Harry "Bing" Crosby backstage at the Weatherfield Majestic, where Alec was in charge of the talent. Alec wooed Joyce with his tales of the big time which awaited him, and in 1955 they got married. Their happiness continued in 1958 when their daughter Sandra was born.