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Joy Page

 
Actor: Joy Page
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  • Born: 1921 in Los Angeles, California
  • Died: Apr 18, 2008
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s
  • Major Genres: Adventure, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Bullfighter and the Lady, The Shrike, Fighter Attack
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Bullfighter and the Lady (1950)

Biography

The exotic-looking daughter of silent star Don Alvarado, Joy Page is best remembered for playing newlywed Annina Brandel in Casablanca (1942). She came to the small but memorable role by way of nepotism, though, her mother, Ann Alvarado, having married studio boss Jack Warner. In the long run, the familial relationship with Warner Bros. became more of a hindrance than a help and Page's subsequent screen career proved decidedly anticlimactic and was mostly spent in programmers. In 1945, she married actor William Orr, who was created a producer almost overnight, a circumstance that occasioned the often quoted dig that "the son-in-law also rises." Orr was later put in charge of Warner Bros.' television division and Mrs. Orr starred opposite Leslie Nielsen in the first season of Walt Disney's Swamp Fox (1959), her final professional appearance. She was the mother of television writer-producer Gregory Orr. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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Joy Page
Born Joy Cerrette Paige
November 9, 1924(1924-11-09)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died April 18, 2008 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1942—1959
Spouse(s) William T. Orr (1945-1970)

Joy Page (November 9, 1924 – April 18, 2008) was an American actress best known for her role as the Bulgarian bride "Annina Brandel" in the film Casablanca (1942).

Born Joy Cerrette Paige,[1] she was the daughter of Mexican-American silent film star Don Alvarado (born José Paige) and Ann Boyar (1908-1990), the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her parents divorced when she was five.

In 1936, her mother married Jack Warner, then head of Warner Brothers studios. Warner, however, did not encourage his stepdaughter's interest in acting. Page, who initially thought the script to Casablanca was "old fashioned" and "cliched", landed the role on her own and Warner reluctantly approved. She was only seventeen and fresh out of high school.

Warner, however, refused to sign Page to a contract, and she never featured in another Warner Brothers film. She went on to act in a number of films for other studios and made some television appearances. Page married actor William T. Orr. He became a Warner Bros. executive, leading to accusations of nepotism. She retired from acting after appearing in the first season of the Disney series The Swamp Fox in 1959.

She and Orr divorced in 1970. Their son, Gregory Orr, is a writer and producer.

Page died on April 18, 2008, of complications arising from a stroke and pneumonia.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Joy Page. The Times. April 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Joy Page, 83; in 'Casablanca,' Bogart told her: 'Go back to Bulgaria.'. Los Angeles Times. April 24, 2008.

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