Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo,[citation needed] February 25, 1917[4] – July 4, 2009)[5] was an American film actress.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grafton Leabo,[6] Joyce was born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and was known to family and friends as Graftina.

She is best-remembered as the seventh actress to play Jane in the Tarzan series of films.

"[8] Later, as Betty Ward, she became director of the Catholic Re-settlement Office in Monterey, California, and "helped hundreds of refugees find new lives in America.

[citation needed] Joyce died of pneumonia at age 92[9] on July 4, 2009, in a nursing home in Santa Monica, California.