Peggy Hopkins Joyce
| Peggy Hopkins Joyce | |
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Peggy Hopkins Joyce in 1925
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| Born |
Marguerite Upton May 26, 1893 Berkley, Virginia |
| Died | June 12, 1957 (aged 64) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York City, New York |
| Cause of death | Throat cancer |
| Resting place | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
| Education | The Chevy Chase School for Girls |
| Occupation | Actress, artist model, dancer |
| Years active | 1916–1926 |
| Spouse(s) |
Everett Archibald, Jr. (m. 1910–10) Sherburne Hopkins (m. 1913; div. 1920) J. Stanley Joyce (m. 1920; div. 1921) Gustave Morner (m. 1924; div. 1926) Anthony Easton (m.1945; div.?) Andrew Meyer (m. 1953–57) |
Peggy Hopkins Joyce (May 26, 1893 – June 12, 1957) was an American actress, artist model and dancer. In addition to her performing career, Joyce was known for her flamboyant life, with numerous engagements, six marriages to wealthy men, subsequent divorces, a series of scandalous affairs, a collection of diamonds and furs, and her generally lavish lifestyle.
Born Marguerite Upton in 1893 in Berkley, Virginia (now part of Norfolk), she was known as "Peggy", a traditional nickname for Margaret or Marguerite. Upton left home at the age of 15 with a vaudeville bicyclist. While the two were en route to Denver via train, she met millionaire Everett Archer, Jr. She dumped the bicyclist and in 1910 married Archer. Archer had the marriage annulled after six months when he discovered Joyce was underage. Joyce later claimed she divorced Archer because the life of a millionaire's wife "was not at all what I thought it would be, and I was bored to death." Using the settlement money she received from Archer, Joyce attended the private Chevy Chase School for Girls in Washington D. C., where she met Sherburne Hopkins. Hopkins was a lawyer and son of a prominent, wealthy lawyer. They were married on September 1, 1913, when she was 20.
Joyce left Hopkins in 1917 to pursue a career in show business in New York City. They eventually divorced in January 1920.
Joyce made her Broadway debut in 1917 in the Ziegfeld Follies, followed by an appearance in the Shuberts' A Sleepless Night. She later had an affair with producer Lee Shubert for a time.
In 1920, Upton Hopkins married her third husband, millionaire lumberman J. Stanley Joyce, and took his name. The newly married Mrs. Joyce drew attention for a $1 million shopping spree over the course of a week's time. By 1922, Joyce's romantic escapades had made her one of the most written-about women in the American press. She would grant any interview, sometimes receiving reporters in her bedroom while wearing a sheer negligee, sans undergarments. Cole Porter and Irving Berlin both used her name in their lyrics, The New Yorker magazine ran cartoons mentioning her, and comedians of the time, such as Will Rogers and Frank Fay could get a laugh by invoking her reputation.
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