'Tarzan' actress Brenda Joyce dies at 92

hosted ^ | Jul 22,

[JoeProBono]

"Then I saw the grey haired gentleman that I had seen the night before setting himself up at one of the end tables. It was then that I realised it was Johnny Sheffield. A line was quickly formed and he began to happily sign his name to anything that was placed in front of him. I had brought along David Fury's new book Johnny Weissmuller, Twice the Hero that Sheffield had written the foreword for, plus several photographs from the Tarzan movies. Johnny Sheffield was very gracious to everyone that approached him and often had little anecdotes regarding the photos placed before him."

[guitarplayer1953]

I'm glad to see that he did not die off in the 60’s like so many did from drug over doses.

[Chode]

Ungawa???

[Sunshine Sister]

Who are you talking about? Sorry to be so dense.

[JoeProBono]

Ungawa. I give you the 1934 Jane skinny dip scene, Cheetah messes with her at the end of the shot.

[Shadowstrike]

I remember this movie. Not its initial release, but many years later on TV.

RIP sweet lady.

[Young Werther]

Cheetah

[packrat35]

That’s Maureen O’Sullivan (the first Jane with Johnny Weissmuller). She left after Tarzan’s New York Adventure.

Fun fact: Maureen O’Sullivan is the mother of Mia Farrow.

She was replaced by Brenda Joyce who finished up the last 4 Tarzan’s with Johnny Weissmuller and the first one with Lex Barker, then retired.

Another fun fact, Lex Barker did 5 Tarzan movies after Johnny Weissmuller, and had a different actress play Jane in each one.

[LTCJ]

Johnny Weismeuller taught my maternal grandmother how to swim. I'm here to tell you, mitochondrial DNA is not all it's cracked up to be.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Liz]