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Alice Joyce (born October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an
American actress, who appeared in more than 200 film during the 1910s and
1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its
1930 remake also called The Green Goddess.
Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri to John Edward
and Vallie Olive McIntyre Joyce (1873–1938). She had a brother, Francis
"Frank" Joyce (1893–1935), who was 2 years younger who later became
an entertainment manager.
It was director Sidney Olcott at the Kalem Company in New
York City who gave Alice Joyce her first chance, casting her in his 1910
production, The Deacon's Daughter. She was eventually sent to work under
director Kenean Buel on the West Coast after Kalem acquired the old Essanay
Studios property in East Hollywood in October 1913. Joyce spent time with Kalem
(1910–1915) and Vitagraph (1916–1921), later worked as independent for various
studios. Her stardom began to wane with the advent of sound motion pictures.
Joyce was known as "The Madonna of the Screen" for
her striking features and presence. She made her last movie in 1930, after
which she and ex-husband Tom Moore worked a late vaudeville circuit for a time.
She declared voluntary bankruptcy in 1933. Joyce was active in San Fernando
Valley women's organizations in her later years. She did book reviews and made
sketches for friends.
The actress was ill for several years before her death from
a blood and heart ailment at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. She was 65 years
old. On her death in 1955, Alice Joyce was interred next to her mother,
Vallie,in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles,
California.
Born
Wednesday, 01 October 1890
Died
Sunday, 09 October 1955
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
Song o' My Heart | Mary | 1930 |
He Knew Women | Mrs. Alice Frayne | 1930 |
The Green Goddess | Lucilla | 1930 |
The Squall | Maria | 1929 |
13 Washington Square | Mrs. De Peyster | 1928 |
The Noose | Mrs. Bancroft | 1928 |
The Rising Generation | Mrs. Kent | 1928 |
Sorrell and Son | Fanny Garland | 1927 |
So's Your Old Man | Princess Lescaboura | 1926 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
Song o' My Heart | Mary | 1930 |
He Knew Women | Mrs. Alice Frayne | 1930 |
The Green Goddess | Lucilla | 1930 |
The Squall | Maria | 1929 |
13 Washington Square | Mrs. De Peyster | 1928 |
The Noose | Mrs. Bancroft | 1928 |
The Rising Generation | Mrs. Kent | 1928 |
Sorrell and Son | Fanny Garland | 1927 |
So's Your Old Man | Princess Lescaboura | 1926 |
The Ace of Cads | Eleanour | 1926 |
Beau Geste | Lady Patricia Brandon | 1926 |
Dancing Mothers | Ethel Westcourt | 1926 |
Mannequin | Selene Herrick | 1926 |
Stella Dallas | Helen Morrison | 1925 |
The Home Maker | Eva Knapp / Eve Knapp | 1925 |
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Edith | 1925 |
The Little French Girl | Madame Vervier | 1925 |
The Passionate Adventure | Drusilla Sinclair | 1924 |
White Man | Lady Andrea Pellor | 1924 |
Her Lord and Master | Indiana Stillwater | 1924 |
The Scarab Ring | Constance Randall | 1924 |
The Green Goddess | Lucilla Crespin | 1923 |
The Inner Chamber | Claire Robson | 1921 |
Dollars and the Woman | Madge Hillyer | 1920 |
The Sporting Duchess | Muriel, Duchess of Desborough | 1920 |
The Winchester Woman | Agatha Winchester | 1919 |
The Vengeance of Durand | Marion Durand / Beatrice Durand | 1919 |
The Spark Divine | Marcia Van Ardale | 1919 |
To the Highest Bidder | Barbara Preston | 1918 |
The Triumph of the Weak | Edith Merrill | 1918 |
The Business of Life | Jacqueline Nevers | 1918 |
The Woman Between Friends | Cecelie White | 1918 |
An Alabaster Box | Lydia Bolton / Lydia Orr | 1917 |
Richard the Brazen | Harriet Renwyk | 1917 |
Within the Law | Mary Turner | 1917 |
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation | Mary Ward | 1917 |
The Courage of Silence | Mercedes | 1917 |
Our New Minister | Nance Ransom - Lem's daughter | 1913 |
The Organ Grinder | Pepina | 1912 |
The Hero Track Walker | Myrtle Mulligan | 1911 |
Mexican Filibusterers | Blanca | 1911 |
The Broken Trail | 1911 | |
The Runaway Engine | The Engineer's Daughter | 1911 |
When Lovers Part | 1910 | |
The Octoroon | Undetermined Role | 1909 |