Jean Joyce

Jean Joyce was born on Sep 27, 1916 in USA. Jean Joyce's big-screen debut came with College Rhythm directed by Norman Taurog in 1934. Jean Joyce is known for Swing Time directed by George Stevens, Fred Astaire stars as Lucky Garnett and Ginger Rogers as Penny Carroll. The upcoming new movie Jean Joyce plays is Overland Mail which will be released on Nov 16, 1939.

Jean Joyce was born Eleanor Jean Shookey. Her father walked out and her mother, Florence Shookey, worked as a secretary in an oil company. Jean and her mother later moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended Roosevelt Junior high where she played in the school band. At the age of seventeen she joined the Adkar Associated Players theater troupe in Tulsa. In 1934 she moved to Hollywood and got a job dancing in a nightclub. The beautiful brunette made her film debut in the musical College Rhythm. Jean landed bit parts in numerous movies including Rhumba, The Girl Friend, and The Great Ziegfeld. Then she was chosen to be a dancer in the musical Swing Time starring Ginger Rogers. During filming choreographer Hermes Pan held a contest and she was named the "champion chorus girl of the 1936."