Brenda Joyce

92, Santa Monica, 4 juli, longontsteking

Amerikaans filmactrice, pseudoniem van Betty Graffina Leabo. Speelde Jane in vijf Tarzanfilms, vier keer tegenover Johnny Weissmuller: Tarzan and the Amazons (Kurt Neumann, 1945), Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (Neumann, 1946), Tarzan and the Huntress (Neumann, 1947) en Tarzan and the Mermaids (Robert Florey, 1949). Daarna was Lex Barker haar tegenspeler in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (Lee Sholem, 1949). Debuteerde als contractactrice van Fox in The Rains Came (Clarence Brown, 1939). Later vooral in B-films. Onder meer Little Old New York (Henry King, 1940), Maryland (King, 1940), Public Deb No. 1 (Gregory Ratoff, 1940), Marry the Boss's Daughter (top-billed; Thornton Freeland, 1941), Right to the Heart (top-billed; Eugene Forde, 1942), Whispering Ghosts (Alfred L. Werker, 1942), Thumbs Up (top-billed; Joseph Santley, 1943), Strange Confession (John Hoffman, 1945), The Enchanted Forest (Lew Landers, 1945), Pillow of Death (Wallace Fox, 1945), de Abbott & Costello-klucht Little Giant (William A. Seiter, 1946), The Spider Woman Strikes Back (top-billed; Arthur Lubin, 1946), Stepchild (top-billed; James Flood, 1947) en Shaggy (top-billed; Robert Emmett Tansey, 1948).

Fragment uit Tarzan and the Amazons