Joyce Reynolds obit

Helen Joyce White Has Died 

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In memory of of Helen Joyce (Reynolds) White (Los Angeles, California). Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1924 to Joel B. Reynolds and Mary Dunn, Joyce was a Warner Bros. contractor during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She gave up her career in the movies for marriage. Joyce was predeceased by her husband Arthur George White in 1980. She passed away in Los Angeles on September 24, 2019, at the age of 94, and was survived by her two children.

Helen Joyce Reynolds was born in San Antonio, Texas on October 7, 1924 to Joel B. Reynolds and Mary (Dunn) Reynolds. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles. A talent scout who saw her in a play there arranged for a screen test, which led to a film contract.

Reynolds made her acting debut with a small part in the 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy (she is the enthusiastic teen asking the retired George M. Cohan about his show-business background). Her roles became more substantial throughout the decade, appearing in movies such as George Washington Slept Here as Madge, The Constant Nymph as Paula Sanger, and The Adventures of Mark Twain as Clara Clemens. She had top billing in the musical comedy film Janie as Janie Conway, directed by Michael Curtiz.

In 1944, she appeared in Hollywood Canteen as herself. In 1945, Warner announced that Reynolds was retiring to resume her education, and that her contract with the studio had been abrogated. Her final leading role on the big screen came in Girls' School, a 1950 melodrama for Columbia Pictures. Her Hollywood career ended in 1950, with ten credits to her name.

On January 11, 1945, Reynolds married Lieutenant Robert Floyd Lewis of Houston, Texas, in Hollywood. They separated in early 1947. On October 24, 1947, she married Donald Michael Gallery, the adopted son of ZaSu Pitts, in Hollywood. By 1950 the couple were estranged, and the marriage ended in divorce.

 

Actress

The Bigelow Theatre (1950)

The Bigelow Theatre

6.8

TV Series

Wife

1951

1 episode

 

Julia Dean, Ross Ford, Joyce Reynolds, and Kasey Rogers in Girls' School (1950)

Girls' School

8.0

Peggy Donovan

1950

 

Robert Hutton, Janis Paige, and Joyce Reynolds in Wallflower (1948)

Wallflower

6.0

Jackie Linnett

1948

 

Robert Hutton and Joyce Reynolds in Always Together (1947)

Always Together

5.7

Jane Barker

1947

 

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Hollywood Canteen

7.0

Joyce Reynolds

1944

 

Janie (1944)

Janie

5.9

Janie Conway

1944

 

Fredric March and Alexis Smith in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

The Adventures of Mark Twain

7.1

Clara Clemens

1944

 

Sweetheart Serenade

Short

The Wife

1943

 

Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

6.8

Girl with Book (uncredited)

1943

 

Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, and Alexis Smith in The Constant Nymph (1943)

The Constant Nymph

6.7

Paula Sanger

1943

 

Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan in George Washington Slept Here (1942)

George Washington Slept Here

6.9

Madge

1942

 

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

7.6

Teenager (uncredited)

1942

 

Soundtrack

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

7.6

performer: "Jeepers Creepers" (1938) (uncredited)

1942