Born in London, England on February 28, 1922, the very lovely and light-haired British actress Joyce Howard left school at age 17 and initially studied at the RADA and the raising of their three children. Instead she extended her talents off camera to that of author, novelist and playwright. She first worked in the writing field with such plays as the BBC-produced "Broken Silence" and the novels "Two Persons Singular" and "A Private View." Following her divorce from actor Sydney, who later died from pleurisy in 1968 at age 73, Joyce remarried in 1962 and made a transcontinental move with her family to the U.S. She worked as a story analyst in Burbank, then was hired as executive assistant at Paramount. She moved up the ladder with a position as executive story editor for Paramount TV and was also responsible for property acquisition and development. She would continue to write for TV from time to time. Joyce died in Santa Monica, CA of natural causes at age 88 and is survived by her three children by Sydney.
