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Leatrice Joy(1893-1985)

  • Actress
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Leatrice Joy
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Love Nest (1951)
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Making her film debut as an extra in 1917, Leatrice Joy soon graduated to playing opposite comics Billy West and Oliver Hardy. Director Cecil B. DeMille took her under his wing and starred her in several of his films. Often playing career girls dressed in mannish suits, or sophisticated society girls, she is generally credited with starting the bobbed-hair craze in the 1920s. She retired shortly after the advent of sound, but made occasional appearances in small supporting roles over the years.
BornNovember 7, 1893
DiedMay 13, 1985(91)
BornNovember 7, 1893
DiedMay 13, 1985(91)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

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Robert Ames, Charles K. Gerrard, and Leatrice Joy in The Wedding Song (1925)
Montagu Love, Sidney Blackmer, Leatrice Joy, and Walter Pidgeon in A Most Immoral Lady (1929)
Leatrice Joy in The Dressmaker from Paris (1925)
Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Leatrice Joy and Rod La Rocque in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Leatrice Joy and Rod La Rocque in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy, and Rod La Rocque in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Leatrice Joy and Rod La Rocque in The Ten Commandments (1923)

Known for:

John Bowers, Lon Chaney, Raymond Hatton, Leatrice Joy, Hardee Kirkland, and Edwin Wallock in The Ace of Hearts (1921)
The Ace of Hearts
6.8
  • Lilith
  • 1921
Roland Drew and Leatrice Joy in The Love Trader (1930)
The Love Trader
7.1
  • Martha Adams
  • 1930
Leatrice Joy in You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
  • Edith McBride
  • 1923
The Clinging Vine (1926)
The Clinging Vine
6.2
  • Antoinette B. 'A.B.' Allen
  • 1926

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Actress

  • Studio One (1948)
    Studio One
    • Rowena
    • TV Series
    • 1953–1954
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
    Robert Montgomery Presents
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Love Nest (1951)
    Love Nest
    • Eadie Gaynor
    • 1951
  • Barbara Billingsley, Ann Doran, Gloria Henry, Audrey Long, and Marjorie Lord in Air Hostess (1949)
    Air Hostess
    • Celia Hansen
    • 1949
  • Arthur Franz and Jean Heather in Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949)
    Red Stallion in the Rockies
    • Martha Simpson
    • 1949
  • Charles D. Brown, George Cleveland, Marcia Mae Jones, Leatrice Joy, Jackie Moran, and Theodore von Eltz in The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)
    The Old Swimmin' Hole
    • Mrs. Julie Carter
    • 1940
  • Deanna Durbin and Robert Stack in First Love (1939)
    First Love
    • Grace Shute Clinton
    • 1939
  • Roland Drew and Leatrice Joy in The Love Trader (1930)
    The Love Trader
    • Martha Adams
    • 1930
  • Leatrice Joy and Walter Pidgeon in A Most Immoral Lady (1929)
    A Most Immoral Lady
    • Laura Sergeant
    • 1929
  • Leatrice Joy and Victor McLaglen in Strong Boy (1929)
    Strong Boy
    • Mary McGregor
    • 1929
  • Leatrice Joy and Edward J. Nugent in The Bellamy Trial (1929)
    The Bellamy Trial
    • Sue Ives
    • 1929
  • Leatrice Joy in Tropic Madness (1928)
    Tropic Madness
    • Juanita
    • 1928
  • Marion Davies and William Haines in Show People (1928)
    Show People
    • Leatrice Joyce (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • John Boles, Leatrice Joy, Seena Owen, Paul L. Stein, and H.B. Warner in Man-Made Women (1928)
    Man-Made Women
    • Nan Payson
    • 1928
  • The Blue Danube (1928)
    The Blue Danube
    • Marguerite
    • 1928

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Love Nest
Trailer 2:23
Love Nest

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Beatrice Joy
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • November 7, 1893
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Died
    • May 13, 1985
    • Riverdale, New York, USA(acute anemia)
  • Spouses
      Arthur Kem WestermarkMarch 5, 1945 - October 21, 1954 (divorced)
  • Children
    • Leatrice Joy Gilbert
  • Relatives
      David Prior(Great Grandchild)
  • Publicity listings
    • 13 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Her unusual given name is said by her grandsons to have come about in the following manner: she was supposed to be named "Beatrice" but on the way to her christening, her mother remembered that Leatrice's father had once been engaged to a girl by that name. So she went through the alphabet (Beatrice, Ceatrice, Deatrice) until she came to a version she liked.
  • Quotes
    [on Christian Science] It has shown me the meaning of life and the path we should follow, both in acknowledging our Creator and in finding contentment.

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