From Wikipedia
Alice Joyce (born October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an
American actress, who appeared in more than 200 film 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.
Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri to John Edward
and Vallie Olive McIntyre Joyce (1873–1938). She had a brother, Francis
"Frank" Joyce (1893–1935), who was 2 years younger who later became
an entertainment manager.
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.
The actress was ill for several years before her death from
a blood and heart ailment at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. She was 65 years
old. On her death in 1955, Alice Joyce was interred next to her mother,
Vallie,in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles,
California.
