Joyce Elaine MacKenzie (October 13, 1925 – June 10, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in films and television from 1946 to 1961. She might be best remembered for being the eleventh actress to portray Jane. She played the role opposite Lex Barker's Tarzan in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953).
Early life through World War II MacKenzie was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Norman MacKenzie. She was active in sports in high school, winning an award for "her all-round sports ability."
During World War II, MacKenzie worked as a carpenter's helper in shipyards in San Francisco. Her opportunity for acting came when she was discovered on her job as cashier at the Pasadena Playhouse in the summer of 1948.
Film actor MacKenzie starred in a film noir, Destination Murder (1950). She appeared with James Stewart in the western Broken Arrow (also 1950), as the wife of Robert Mitchum in the crime drama The Racket (1951) and as a publisher's daughter trying to wrest control of editor Humphrey Bogart's newspaper in Deadline - U.S.A. (1952). MacKenzie's character and Jane Russell's exchanged identities in a musical, The French Line (1954).
Later years Her final appearance was in the role of Nancy Gilman in the Perry Mason television series episode, "The Case of the Duplicate Daughter" (1961). After her acting career ended, MacKenzie was an English teacher; one of her students was radio host Anthony Cumia of Opie and Anthony.
Personal life and death On November 26, 1952, MacKenzie married Walter H. "Tim" Leimert Jr. in Hollywood, California; the couple had two sons but divorced in 1960. In 1961, Joyce married Robert L. (Keiki) Driver until their divorce in 1966. In 1972, she married Victor Benedict Hassing. They remained married until his death at age 64 on October 29, 1980.
MacKenzie died on June 10, 2021, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 95.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1946 Tomorrow Is Forever Cherry Davis 1946 The Kid from Brooklyn Goldwyn Girl Uncredited1949 Whirlpool Daisy – Telephone Operator Uncredited1949 Twelve O'Clock High Nurse Uncredited1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me Helen Porter 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk Ruby Uncredited1950 Destination Murder Laura Mansfield 1950 Stella Peggy Denny 1950 Broken Arrow Terry 1951 On the Riviera Mimi 1951 His Kind of Woman Lady Gwendolyn in Film Uncredited1951 People Will Talk Gussie Uncredited1951 The Racket Mary McQuigg 1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker Doris Uncredited1952 Deadline - U.S.A. Katherine Garrison Geary 1952 Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie Bessie Jordan 1952 O. Henry's Full House Hazel Woods (segment "The Clarion Call"), (scenes deleted)1952 Night Without Sleep Laura Harkness 1953 The I Don't Care Girl Babette Uncredited1953 Tarzan and the She-Devil Jane 1953 The French Line Myrtle Brown 1954 Rails Into Laramie Helen Shanessy
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