Profile
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Actress
Female
Born
May 26, 1893
Hometown
Berkley, Virginia
Died
Jun 12, 1957
Death Place
New York City, Ne...
Peggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages to wealthy men, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, her diamonds and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen.
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Andrew MeyerDated 1953 - 1957
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1893
Birth
Born on May 26, 1893.
TWENTIES
1917
24 Years Old
She debuted on the Broadway stage in 1917 in the Ziegfeld Follies, following this up with an appearance in the Shuberts' "A Sleepless Night."
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1920
27 Years Old
In the spring of 1920, the newly-married Mrs. Joyce drew attention for a $1 million shopping spree over the course of a week's time.
By 1922, Joyce's romantic escapades had made her one of the most written-about women in the American press.
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THIRTIES
1923
30 Years Old
Joyce caused a sensation in the 1923 installment of the annual Earl Carroll's Vanities.
1924
31 Years Old
She made her film debut in 1924's "The Skyrocket," which provoked the Wisconsin state legislature into introducing a bill that would allow for the censorship of all movies entering the state; in any event, the film was a box office failure.
1930
37 Years Old
In 1930, Joyce released a ghostwritten tell-all book reputedly taken from her steamy diary entries. "Men, Marriage and Me" advised, "True love was a heavy diamond bracelet, preferably one that arrived with its price tag intact."
FORTIES
1933
40 Years Old
In 1933, she played herself in the ramshackle film, International House, which contained some good-natured joshing about Joyce's love life.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1957
64 Years Old
Peggy Hopkins Joyce died in New York City in 1957 of throat cancer, aged 64.
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