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name: "Joyce Butler"
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fi1m_id: "joyce-butler"
tmdb_id: 5553052
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:43:17.566979+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 Butler

## Identity

Joyce Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joyce-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joyce-butler
- **TMDB ID:** 5553052
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5553052

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5553052

## Biography

Joyce Butler is an educator and former participant in the 1970s Nim Chimpsky language acquisition project. She appears as herself in the 2011 documentary *Project Nim*, directed by James Marsh, in which she discusses her work as a caregiver and teacher for the chimpanzee.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Project Nim* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/project-nim.md)

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