Brenda Joyce Net Worth is
$17 Million

Mini Biography

Best remembered seeing that the next talking-era “Jane” (following Maureen O’Sullivan) from the long lasting Tarzan jungle film series and the only person in the audio era to try out the role contrary two different Tarzan’s (Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker, lovely Brenda was created Betty Leabo in Missouri, raised in LA, and nicknamed “Graftina” by her dad when she was a woman. Participating in UCLA for four years, the wonderful blonde became a photographer’s model to greatly help pay out her tuition. A 20th Century-Fox skill scout observed a fashion design of her and instantly agreed upon her on. The studio changed her name to “Brenda Joyce” after silent star Alice Joyce and immediately gave her an extraordinary movie debut using the Rains Came (1939) starring Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy where she received fine reviews. Building her up to the general public as an attractive single gal, she was eventually showcased in Right here I Am a Stranger (1939) contrary Richard Greene and partnered with John Payne in Maryland (1940). The studio didn’t take kindly to her impulsive 1941 relationship to army hubby Owen Ward and supposedly punished her by relegating her to “B” films. Three kids were the consequence of this initial relationship — Pam, Timothy and Beth. Brenda ultimately lost curiosity about her profession, but was coaxed back again to the film established when brunette Maureen O’Sullivan still left the Tarzan series and Johnny Weissmuller accepted the athletic beauty simply because his brand-new blonde swinging partner. Starting a four-year excursion using the film Tarzan as well as the Amazons (1945), Brenda continuing on as Jane after Weissmuller still left (acting professional Lex Barker got over), but finally determined enough was plenty of. Brenda remaining after her 5th film, Tarzan’s Magic Fountain (1949), and walked aside — to never return. Pursuing her movie job, Brenda shifted to the Washington D.C. region and caused the Refugee Solutions for nearly ten years where she helped displaced individuals find work and locations to live. This type of function eventually got her relocate towards the Carmel, California region and she caused Catholic Resettlement in Seaside, California (near Monterey). Besieged by personal and health issues in old age, she endured an agonizing divorce from Ward in 1960 after 19 many years of relationship. She was after that wedded and divorced double more. Experiencing dementia in her twilight years, she remained with her kids at various phases until she was pressured to become institutionalized inside a nursing house in Santa Monica, California. Brenda passed away there of problems from pneumonia in 2007.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Brenda Joyce
Date Of Birth	February 25, 1917
Died	July 4, 2009, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of Birth	Excelsior Springs, Missouri, United States
Height	1.62 m
Profession	Novelist
Nationality	American
Spouse	Owen Ward
Children	Timothy Owen Ward, Beth Victoria Ward, Pamela Ann Ward
Music Groups	The Undisputed Truth
Movies	Tarzan and the Amazons, Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, Tarzan and the Mermaids, Tarzan and the Huntress, Tarzan's Magic Fountain, The Rains Came, Pillow of Death, Strange Confession, The Spider Woman Strikes Back, Little Old New York, Little Giant, Here I Am a Stranger, Little Tokyo, U.S.A., Whispering Ghosts, Private Nurse, The Postman Didn't Ring, The Enchanted Forest, Maryland, Right to the Heart, Danger Woman, Stepchild, Marry the Boss's Daughter, Public Deb No. 1, Thumbs Up, Shaggy