Brenda Joyce died she was 92

Brenda Joyce died she 92. Joyce was an American film actress. She was born as Betty Graffina Leabo in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

Although she appeared in many B-movies of the 1940s, she is best-remembered as the seventh actress to play Jane in the Tarzan series of films. She succeeded Maureen O'Sullivan in the series and appeared in the role five times.

Her first four appearances as Jane were opposite Johnny Weissmuller. However, her last performance as Jane, in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), was with Lex Barker as Tarzan. Joyce and Karla Schramm from the silent era were the only two actresses to play Jane opposite two different actors playing Tarzan.

(February 25, 1917^[1] – July 4, 2009^[2])

She retired from acting in 1949.

She was married to Owen Ward from 1941 until their divorce in 1949; they had three children, Pamela Ann, Timothy Owen and Beth Victoria.

Brenda Joyce died on July 4, 2009 in a nursing home in Santa Monica, California.^[2]