Joyce Mackenzie

Biography

Joyce MacKenzie was an American actress whose film and television work ran from 1946 to 1961. She was born in Redwood City, California, and during World War II she worked in San Francisco shipyards as a carpenter's helper. Her break came in the summer of 1948, when she was spotted at her cashier's job at the Pasadena Playhouse. She was perhaps best remembered as the eleventh actress to play Jane, a part she took in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) alongside Lex Barker's Tarzan. Her films included the film noir Destination Murder (1950) and the western Broken Arrow (1950), with James Stewart, and she was Robert Mitchum's wife in the crime drama The Racket (1951). In the musical The French Line (1954), her character and Jane Russell's swapped identities. Her final role came in a 1961 Perry Mason episode, after which she taught English.

95years old at death

Born October 13, 1925Redwood City
Died June 10, 2021Los Angeles
Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Also credited as Joyce Elaine MacKenzie Hassing

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 6 years1946 to 1952

Genres

Drama67%, 4 films
Comedy33%, 2 films
Crime33%, 2 films
Film-Noir33%, 2 films
Romance33%, 2 films

First and latest

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Big break
MacKenzie was discovered in the summer of 1948 while working as a cashier at the Pasadena Playhouse, which launched her acting career.
A first
Joyce Mackenzie was perhaps best remembered as the eleventh actress to portray Jane, a role she played opposite Lex Barker's Tarzan in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953).
A change of course
After her acting career ended, MacKenzie taught English. Anthony Cumia, a radio host of Opie and Anthony, was one of her students.

Joyce Mackenzie movies on Netflix

Deadline - U.S.A.1952IMDb rating 7.2as Katherine Garrison Geary
On the Riviera1951IMDb rating 6.3as Mimi
The Racket1951IMDb rating 6.7as Mary McQuigg
Broken Arrow1950IMDb rating 7.1as Terry
Mother Didn't Tell Me1950IMDb rating 5.7as Helen Porter
Tomorrow Is Forever1946IMDb rating 7.3as Cherry Davis

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Broken Arrow1950 Drama, Romance, Westernas Terry
IMDb rating 7.111K votes
The Racket1951 Crime, Drama, Film-Noiras Mary McQuigg
IMDb rating 6.73.8K votes
Deadline - U.S.A.1952as Katherine Garrison Geary
IMDb rating 7.24.9K votes
Tomorrow Is Forever1946as Cherry Davis
IMDb rating 7.33.4K votes
On the Riviera1951as Mimi
IMDb rating 6.31.3K votes
Mother Didn't Tell Me1950as Helen Porter
IMDb rating 5.7179 votes

Worked with

Joyce Mackenzie shares two films with John Doucette, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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John Doucette

Bess Flowers

Robert Mitchum

James Stewart

Humphrey Bogart

Orson WellesDelmer DavesDirector, 1 film

Richard BrooksDirector, 1 film

John CromwellDirector, 1 film

Films together

John Doucette2 films together, 1950 to 1952
John Doucette's page
- Deadline - U.S.A.1952IMDb rating 7.2Mackenzie as Katherine Garrison GearyDoucette as Hal
- Broken Arrow1950IMDb rating 7.1Mackenzie as TerryDoucette as Mule Driver
Bess Flowers1 film together, 1952
Bess Flowers's page
- Deadline - U.S.A.1952IMDb rating 7.2Mackenzie as Katherine Garrison GearyFlowers as Restaurant Patron
Robert Mitchum1 film together, 1951
Robert Mitchum's page
- The Racket1951IMDb rating 6.7Mackenzie as Mary McQuiggMitchum as Captain Thomas McQuigg
James Stewart1 film together, 1950
James Stewart's page
- Broken Arrow1950IMDb rating 7.1Mackenzie as TerryStewart as Tom Jeffords
Humphrey Bogart1 film together, 1952
Humphrey Bogart's page
- Deadline - U.S.A.1952IMDb rating 7.2Mackenzie as Katherine Garrison GearyBogart as Ed Hutcheson
Orson Welles1 film together, 1946
Orson Welles's page
- Tomorrow Is Forever1946IMDb rating 7.3Mackenzie as Cherry DavisWelles as John Andrew MacDonald
Delmer DavesDirector, 1 film, 1950
All films by Delmer Daves
- Broken Arrow1950IMDb rating 7.1Mackenzie as Terry
Richard BrooksDirector, 1 film, 1952
All films by Richard Brooks
- Deadline - U.S.A.1952IMDb rating 7.2Mackenzie as Katherine Garrison Geary
John CromwellDirector, 1 film, 1951
All films by John Cromwell
- The Racket1951IMDb rating 6.7Mackenzie as Mary McQuigg

Online

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