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Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo, February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009) was an American film actress. She was best known for playing Jane Porter in RKO's Tarzan films from 1945 to 1949. Early life The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grafton Leabo, Joyce was born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and was known to family and friends as Graftina. When she was 5 years old, she moved with her mother to San Bernardino, California, staying there through her junior high school years. They moved to Los Angeles, California, where she attended high school. She entered the University of Southern California on a scholarship but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles after one semester. Between her years in college and those in film, Joyce was a model for photographers. She appeared "in current magazines -- in new automobiles, using toothpaste, modeling shoes, smiling her way through the glossy life of a magazine girl." Film career Although she appeared in many B-movies of the 1940s, she had a prominent supporting role in the major film The Rains Came (1939) opposite George Brent and Myrna Loy, and was cast as Maris Hanover in the film, Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942). She is best-remembered as the seventh actress to play Jane in the Tarzan series of films. She succeeded Maureen O'Sullivan in the series and appeared in the role five times. Her first four appearances as Jane were opposite Johnny Weissmuller. However, her last performance as Jane, in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), was with Lex Barker as Tarzan. Joyce and Karla Schramm, from the silent era, were the only two actresses to play Jane opposite two different actors playing Tarzan. She retired from acting in 1949. Later years Joyce retired "at the peak of her career to raise a family." Later, as Betty Ward, she became director of the Catholic Re-settlement Office in Monterey, California, and "helped hundreds of refugees find new lives in America." Personal life She was married to Owen Ward, whom she had known "since her junior high school days," from 1941 until their divorce in 1960; they had three children, Pamela Ann, Timothy Owen and Beth Victoria. Death Joyce died of pneumonia at age 92 on July 4, 2009, in a nursing home in Santa Monica, California. Filmography References External links "Brenda Joyce". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 10, 2010. Brenda Joyce at IMDb Brenda Joyce at AllMovie "'Tarzan' actress Brenda Joyce dies at 92". Associated Press. Retrieved July 23, 2009.. Discover the Brenda Joyce popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Brenda Joyce books.
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Always
Jude DeverauxThe unforgettable finale of the bestselling Forever trilogy follows psychic heroine Darci Monroe on a quest to find the kidnapped father of an FBI agent.Darci has never given up se...
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The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks
John RaileyIn the summer of 1967, nineteenyearold Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared. She was a mountain girl who had come to Manteo to work in the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. Her body was f...
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Highland Velvet
Jude DeverauxJude Deveraux steps back to a time and place where revenge and rivalry rule men's heartsand love conquers allin this wonderful Montgomery novel.Bronwyn MacArran was a proud Scot. S...
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Pack Brenda Joyce
Brenda JoyceOscuro abrazoAidan, el Lobo de Awe, había abandonado la Hermandad y renegado de sus votos. Temido por todos, cazaba solo, buscando venganza contra el demonio que había asesinado a ...
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The Awakening
Jude DeverauxThe New York Times bestselling author of Met Her Match weaves a scintillating tale of passion and romance that could change one guarded woman’s life forever at the turn of the cent...
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The Conqueror
Brenda JoyceLike a pagan god, Rolfe the Relentless rode into Castle Aelfgar to claim it as his prizeand Lady Alice as his bride. Lauded for his bravery in France, in England he was ...
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Velvet Song
Jude DeverauxTwo outcasts in medieval England are brought together and share a destiny of passion in the third of the Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy from the New York Times bestselling aut...
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Violet Fire
Brenda JoyceA scion of the imperious Bragg family, goldenboy Rathe Bragg finds a society party all rather a yawn until a feisty suffragette bursts into the room. Wielding a sixshooter and shri...
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Brenda Joyce Bundle
Brenda JoyceSix sexy historicals for one low price! Get six steamy novels by beloved author Brenda Joyce, in one easy download! Bundle includes The Prize, Deadly Illusions, The Masquerade, De...
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The Invitation
Jude DeverauxThe New York Times bestselling author of Wishes weaves a moving and charming novel of a daredevil woman who returns to Colorado for a new life…and a new love. Jackie O’Neill is a d...
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Brenda Joyce Adams v. State Texas
Fourth District, San Antonio Court of Appeals of TexasAppellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support her conviction because the testimony of her accomplice and codefendant, Valerie Campbell, is not corroborated.
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The Fires of Paradise
Brenda JoyceThe Scorching Saga of the Braggs Continues . . .Heiress to the magnificent Bragg empire, lovely, headstrong socialite Lucy Bragg lives a life that flies in the face of convention. ...
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Estate Brenda Joyce Mathes v. Kenneth L
Third District No. 3-179A 27 Court of Appeals of IndianaGARRARD, J. Kenneth O. Mathes, individually, and as the administrator of the estate of Brenda Joyce Mathes, brought this action for wrongful death. The complaint alleges essentiall...
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Brenda Joyce The de Warenne Dynasty Series Books 8-11
Brenda JoyceRecapture the adventure and romance of New York Times bestselling author Brenda Joyce's beloved de Warenne DynastyTHE PERFECT BRIDE: Lady Blanche Harrington has no desire to marry,...
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Someone to Love
Jude DeverauxThe New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux brings a “wonderful addition” (Booklist) to her Montgomery/Taggert Family series with this supernatural romance in which, with t...
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Predator
Steven WalkerHe Stalked His Victims. . .A mother and daughterbrutalized, murdered, and left to rot in the summer heat. A young college studentkilled with a .38 handgun at a remote highway rest ...
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Heart of the West
Penelope WilliamsonA classic sweeping tale of intense passion as wide as the open prairie, from the bestselling romance novelist Penelope Williamson.“There’s a bigness about Montana that tends to fri...
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Brenda Joyce The de Warenne Dynasty Series Books 4-7
Brenda JoyceRecapture the adventure and romance of New York Times bestselling author Brenda Joyce's beloved de Warenne DynastyTHE PRIZE: Orphaned Virginia Hughes is determined to rebuild her b...
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Brenda Joyce The Masters of Time Series Books 4-5
Brenda JoyceGo back in time to 15th century Scotland in New York Times bestselling author Brenda Joyce's Masters of Time paranormal romance series.Dark Victory: Book 4A dark, ruthless Highland...