[1][3] She moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1922 and began her motion picture career in a series of two-reel comedies produced by the Christie Film Company.

Joyce gave the Los Angeles Police Department important information in their quest to find two physicians wanted in the death of 22-year-old dancer Delphine Walsh in May 1929.

Walsh died in a Glendale, California hospital following an illegal procedure,[7] the term then used for an abortion.

[8] After being away from making movies for a time, Joyce returned in Cock o' the Walk (1930), also known as The Soul of the Tango.

Produced by James Cruze, the cast included Joseph Schildkraut, Myrna Loy, and Olive Tell.