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Joyzelle Joyner (August 27, 1905 – November 30, 1980) was an

American actress and dancer. She appeared in at least thirty films between 1925

and 1935 gained some notoriety for her appearance in The Sign of the Cross.

Joyner began appearing in films around 1924 or 1925, often

playing dancers. Her first major role in a major motion picture came in 1930,

when she appeared as twin queens of Mars, Boo Boo and Loo Loo in Just Imagine.

Her role as Ancaria in The Sign of the Cross, a major

production directed by Cecil B. deMille, drew attention from censors; in the

film, she performs the lesbian-overtoned “Dance of the Naked Moon.”

The scene was eliminated from the re-released 1935 version of the film, but

reinserted in 1993 for the MCA-Universal video version. That same year, she had

prominent roles in two westerns, the Tiffany Pictures production Whistlin’ Dan

with Ken Maynard and the Paramount-produced The Vanishing Frontier starring

Johnny Mack Brown.

Most of Joyzelle’s work after 1932 constituted uncredited

parts, though she did appear under the name “Laya Joy” in House of

Mystery, a horror film produced by Monogram Pictures. Her last-known screen

appearance, in Dante’s Inferno (1935), was uncredited but did afford her the

opportunity to show off her dancing skills.

Joyzelle Joyner was born in Alabama and had one brother,

Clarence Joyner, who was one year younger than her. According to U.S. census

records, Clarence was living in California in 1930 with a wife, Lois.

Her first marriage was to Dudley V. Brand. The two became

estranged over Joyner’s acting career pursuit. During an argument on August 11,

1927, Brand fired two shots through a closed bedroom door, one shot injuring

Joyner in the arm. Clarence Joyner was on hand to restrain Brand.

Joyner’s second marriage was to film director Phil Rosen in

1929. She died in Orange, California, on August 27, 1980.