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name: "Joyce Arleen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joyce-arleen"
roles: []
born: "20 May 1931"
died: "17 February 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:54:42.666108+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joyce Arleen

Actor. Born 20 May 1931 in Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.. Died 17 February 2023.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 May 1931, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
- **Died:** 17 February 2023
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3767545

## Biography

Joyce Arleen (born Joyce Arleen Novotny) was an American actress who worked as a child performer in Hollywood films between 1939 and 1942. She was also credited as Mary Thomas and Arleen Joyce.

Her screen credits include *Our Neighbors – The Carters* (1939), *The Great McGinty* (1940), *Kings Row* (1942), *The Gay Sisters* (1942), *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1942) and the uncredited part of Cynthia Caton in *Wake Island* (1942). She was born on 20 May 1931 in Hackensack, New Jersey, and died on 17 February 2023 in Bakersfield, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, as Cynthia Caton (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Till We Meet Again* (1944), as Orphan
- *This Is the Life* (1944), as Bunny (uncredited)
- *Wake Island* (1942), as Cynthia Caton (uncredited) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *Our Neighbors - The Carters* (1939), as Mattie Carter

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