Alice Joyce

Alice Joyce (October 1, 1890 - October 9, 1955) was an actress born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States best known for her Hollywood cinema roles in the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps most famously "The Green Goddess".

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October 1 - 1890 - October 9 - 1955 - Actress - Kansas City, Missouri - United States - Hollywood - Cinema - 1910s - 1920s - The Green Goddess

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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 of 1913.

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Sidney Olcott - Kalem Company - New York city - Kenean Buel - West Coast - Essanay Studios - East Hollywood

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Alice Joyce was married three times, the first time in 1914 to actor Tom Moore with whom she had a daughter, Alice. They divorced in 1920 and that same year she married wealthy hotelier James B. Regan with whom she had her second child. They divorced in 1932 and her last marriage came the following year to film director Clarence Brown but they divorced in 1945.

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Tom Moore - Clarence Brown

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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.

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The Madonna of the Screen - 1930 - Vaudeville

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On her passing in 1955, Alice Joyce was interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

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San Fernando Mission Cemetery - Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California

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