Alice Joyce

Born: 1890-10-01 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died: 1955-10-09

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia Alice Joyce (October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 films 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. 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.

Filmography

2022

1980

Hollywood as Self (archive footage, uncredited)

1930

Song o' My Heart as Mary
The Green Goddess as Lucilla
He Knew Women as Mrs. Alice Frayne

1929

The Squall as Maria

1928

13 Washington Square as Mrs. De Peyster
The Noose as Mrs. Bancroft
The Rising Generation as Mrs. Kent

1927

Sorrell and Son as Fanny Garland

1926

So's Your Old Man as Princess Lescaboura
Mannequin as Selene Herrick
The Ace of Cads
Beau Geste as Lady Patricia Brandon
Dancing Mothers as Ethel Westcourt

1925

Headlines as Phyllis Dale
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
The Little French Girl as Madame Vervier
Stella Dallas as Helen Morrison
The Home Maker as Eve Knapp

1924

White Man as Lady Andrea Pellor
The Passionate Adventure as Drusilla Sinclair

1923

The Green Goddess as Lucilla Crespin

1921

Cousin Kate as Kate Curtis
Her Lord and Master as Indiana Stillwater
The Scarab Ring as Constance Randall

1920

The Prey as Helen Reardon
The Sporting Duchess as Muriel, Duchess of Desborough

1919

The Captain's Captain as Louise Greyling
The Lion and the Mouse as Shirley Rossmore
The Vengeance of Durand as Marion Durand / Beatrice Durand
The Cambric Mask as Rose Ember
The Spark Divine as Marcia Van Ardale
The Third Degree as Annie Sands

1918

The Business of Life as Jacqueline Nevers
The Triumph of the Weak as Edith Merrill
The Woman Between Friends as Cecelie White
The Song of the Soul as Ann Fenton
Everybody's Girl as Florence

1917

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation as Mary Ward
The Fettered Woman as Angelina Allende
Within the Law as Mary Turner
Richard the Brazen as Harriet Renwyk

1916

Whom the Gods Destroy as Mary 'Mar' O'Neil

1914

The Show Girl's Glove as Mrs. Mary Hampton
The Mystery of the Sleeping Death as Lola / Lizzie
The Vampire's Trail as Laura Payne - Horace's Wife
The Brand as Mary Halleck - a Girl of the Backwoods
The School for Scandal as Lady Ann Teazle
The Cabaret Dancer as Linee Hayden - Model / Dancer
A Celebrated Case as Madeline Renaud
The Shadow as Sarah Dean - the Second Wife

1913

Our New Minister as Nance Ransom - Lem's daughter

1912

The Strange Story of Elsie Mason as Elsie Mason / Christine Hastings
An American Invasion as Donna Ysidora Sepulveda
The Colonel's Escape as Boyd's Sister
The County Fair as Mary Terry - The Farmer's Daughter
The Organ Grinder as Pepina

1911

When Two Hearts Are Won as Cassandra
The Mexican Joan of Arc
Slim Jim's Last Chance as The Rancher's Daughter
The Hero Track Walker as Myrtle Mulligan
The Indian Maid's Sacrifice as Wana, the Indian Maid
The Loyalty of Don Luis Verdugo as Doña Maria
Mexican Filibusters as Blanca
The Runaway Engine as The Engineer's Daughter

1910

Her Indian Mother as Moore's Daughter