Joyce Arleen obit

Joyce Arleen(1931-2023)

 

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Joyce Arleen (born Joyce Arleen Novotny; May 20, 1931 – February 17, 2023), also credited as Arleen Joyce and Mary Thomas, was an American actress.

Born in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 20, 1931, Arleen was a native of Garfield. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Novotny. Her sister was Dorothy Joyce, who would appear in The Blue Bird (1940) and Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960).

In 1939, Arleen signed with Charles R. Rogers for a seven-year option for the Paramount film The Star Maker. That same year, Arleen, going by the name Mary Thomas, appeared in Our Neighbors – The Carters. A Variety review commented that her performance was "excellent throughout, especially capable in scenes in which she decides to be adopted by the rich city friends", and The Hollywood Reporter wrote that she was "superb".

Arleen appeared as Mary in the 1940 film The Great McGinty.

In 1942, Arleen portrayed the young Cassandra Tower in the Warner Bros. film Kings Row. A Variety review noted she gave the best performance of the film's child actors. Arleen also appeared as the main character during childhood in The Gay Sisters to a positive review by The Hollywood Reporter, and in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.

Arleen married Alvin Baldock and they had one daughter.

 

On February 17, 2023, Arleen died in Bakersfield, California.

 

Actress

Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, and Sheree North in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

The Best Things in Life Are Free

6.0

Party Girl (uncredited)

1956

 

Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Mayo, and Robert Ryan in The Proud Ones (1956)

The Proud Ones

6.9

Waitress (uncredited)

1956

 

Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)

Take Care of My Little Girl

6.4

Vivian (uncredited)

1951

 

Ray Milland and Barbara Britton in Till We Meet Again (1944)

Till We Meet Again

7.0

Orphan (uncredited)

1944

 

Louise Allbritton, Susanna Foster, Patric Knowles, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan in This Is the Life (1944)

This Is the Life

6.5

Bunny (uncredited)

1944

 

Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Fay Bainter, Barbara Britton, and Carolyn Lee in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

6.5

Australia Wiggs (as Mary Thomas)

1942

 

William Bendix, Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, and Robert Preston in Wake Island (1942)

Wake Island

6.7

Cynthia Caton (uncredited)

1942

 

Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Nancy Coleman, and Geraldine Fitzgerald in The Gay Sisters (1942)

The Gay Sisters

6.6

Fiona Gaylord as a Girl of 8 (as Mary Thomas)

1942

 

John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Lynne Overman, and Robert Preston in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind

6.6

Ball Guest (uncredited)

1942

 

Claude Rains, Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, Betty Field, and Ann Sheridan in Kings Row (1942)

Kings Row

7.5

Cassandra Tower, As a Girl (as Mary Thomas)

1942

 

Bruce Cabot in Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

6.2

Mrs. Kimball's Girl (uncredited)

1942

 

Bing Crosby, Brian Donlevy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Carolyn Lee, and Mary Martin in Birth of the Blues (1941)

Birth of the Blues

6.3

Child in Theater (uncredited)

1941

 

Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, and Akim Tamiroff in The Great McGinty (1940)

The Great McGinty

7.2

Catherine's Girl (Age 6) (as Mary Thomas)

1940

 

Fay Bainter, Benny Bartlett, Scotty Beckett, Donald Brenon, Mildred Coles, Frank Craven, and Joyce Arleen in Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939)

Our Neighbors - The Carters

5.7

Mattie Carter (as Mary Thomas)

1939

 

Bing Crosby in The Star Maker (1939)

The Star Maker

6.2

Toots (uncredited)

1939