Born 1893 in New Orleans, Louisiana, American actress Leatrice Joy began her acting career in stock theater companies and soon made her film debut; between April 1916 and by November 1917, she was the star of about 20 one-reel Black Diamond Comedies.
By 1920, Joy had become a highly-popular actress with the filmgoing public. With her increasing popularity, she was sought out by Cecil B. DeMille, who signed her to Paramount Pictures in 1922, immediately casting her in that year’s successful high-society drama Saturday Night opposite Conrad Nagel. She starred in a number of successful releases for Paramount and was heavily promoted as one of DeMille’s most prominent protégées.
Joy’s career began to falter with the advent of talkies. In 1929, she became a freelance actress without a long term contract. By the early 1930s, She was semi-retired from the motion-picture industry, but she later made several guest appearances in a few modestly-successful films. In the 1960s, She retired to Greenwich, Connecticut.
Joy died in 1985 at the High Ridge House Christian Science nursing home in Riverdale, Bronx, New York. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6517 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see portraits of young Leatrice Joy in the 1910s and 1920s.
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