Thursday, July 23, 2009

Brenda Joyce, R. I. P.

Actress Brenda Joyce | Joyce Died Pneumonia | Jane Tarzan Movies | Friend David Ragan - Oneindia Entertainment: "Actress Brenda Joyce, who became famous for her role of ‘Jane’ in Tarzan movies, died of pneumonia on July 4 at a hospital in Santa Monica. She was 92."

Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

5 comments:

Jake Murdock said...

"Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" is my favorite from the series. And of course Brenda Joyce played Jane in it.

Doc Quatermass said...

Not quite Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane but an attractive Jane none the less.

Cap'n Bob said...

The first time I saw a Tarzan movie with her I felt cheated. Unfair of me, of course, but I was a kid and thought Maureen O'Sullivan was THE Jane forever. I wonder if she suffered from the comparison all her life.

Doc Quatermass said...

It was somewhat jarring at first, but Maureen met future hubby John Farrow who directed the early Weismuller Tarzans and they gave the world and Woody Allen, Mia. LOL

Doc Quatermass said...

And Tarzan and the Leopard Woman was a pretty good entry in the series. But I loved all the Weismuller movies. Really need to get the second volume of the Tarzan set.