Brenda Joyce
Acting
Biography
Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo, February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009) was an American film actress.
Born: February 25, 1917
Place of Birth: Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA
Known For
Here I Am a Stranger
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Show-Business at War
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Strange Confession
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.
Pillow of Death
Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Whispering Ghosts
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.
Tarzan and the Amazons
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Maryland
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Tarzan and the Mermaids
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Jane
as Narrator
as Jane
as Dale Bullock
as Jane
as June Spenser
as Jean Kingsley
as Miss Ruby Burke
as Jane
as Donna Kincaid
as Anne
as Mary Carter
as Lorna Gray
as Jane
as Louise Latimer
as Self
as Maris Hanover
as Julie Martin
as Betty Woods
as Mary Malloy
as Penny Cooper
as Linda
as Harriet Livingston
as Simpson Daniels
as Fern Simon