Joy Hathaway (born Joy Hathaway Meeker;"Class 'B'; Our Gang". Anecho, 1931-1932. 1932. p. 38. Retrieved April 26, 2023."Results Given of Examinations in Normal Schools; Include Other areas". The Daily Colonist. June 15, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1913 – November 4, 1954) was a Canadian-born American actress on stage, old-time radio, and television.
Early years One of five children and the only daughter born to Bessie Ann Townsend and Henry Clemons Meeker,"Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2R-2Y4 : 8 November 2017), Henry Clemons Meeker, 1946. Hathaway was from Vancouver, British Columbia. She was educated at Victoria Normal School and graduated from the University of British Columbia, where she acted in productions of the Varsity Players Club.
Career Hathaway sang in operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan. On Broadway, she portrayed Mrs. Ritter in A Slight Case of Murder (1935), a fitter in The Women (1936), and an usherette in The Fabulous Invalid (1938).
Hathaway's work on radio included the roles shown in the table below. Program Character Amanda of Honeymoon Hill Amanda Dyke David Harum Celia Our Gal Sunday Regina Page Second Husband Irma Wallace Stella Dallas Laurel Dallas She also had roles on Young Widder Brown, True Story Tales of Tomorrow, Modern Romances, and Seth Parker.
In 1953, Hathaway was the model for a statue of Sister Thérèse Couderc. Sculptor Pietro Montana created the life-size sculpture of the nun, who was being considered for canonization.
Personal life Hathaway was married to composer Charles Kenny.
Death On November 5, 1954, Hathaway died at age 41 of pneumonia in a hospital in Vancouver. Her death came three hours after the funeral for her three-week-old daughter, who also died of pneumonia.
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