Joy Page
American actress (1924–2008)
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::summary American actress (1924–2008) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Joy Page |
| birth_name | Joy Cerrette Paige |
| image | Joy Page by Pat Clark, March 1956.jpg |
| caption | Page in 1956 |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| other_names | Joanne Page |
| spouse | |
| years_active | 1942–1959 |
| occupation | Actress |
| father | Don Alvarado |
| relatives | Jack L. Warner (stepfather) |
| Jack M. Warner (stepbrother) | |
| children | 2, including Gregory Orr |
| :: |
| name = Joy Page | birth_name = Joy Cerrette Paige | image = Joy Page by Pat Clark, March 1956.jpg | caption = Page in 1956 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | other_names = Joanne Page | spouse = | years_active = 1942–1959 | occupation = Actress | father = Don Alvarado | relatives = Jack L. Warner (stepfather) Jack M. Warner (stepbrother) | children = 2, including Gregory Orr
Joy Page (born Joy Cerrette Paige; November 9, 1924 – April 18, 2008) was an American actress. She is best known for her role as the Bulgarian refugee Annina Brandel in Casablanca (1942). She was sometimes credited as Joanne Page.
Early life
Page was the daughter of Mexican-American silent film star Don Alvarado (born José Ray Paige, in New Mexico) and Ann Boyar, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her parents divorced when she was eight.
In 1936, her mother married Jack L. Warner, then head of Warner Bros. studios. Warner, however, did not encourage his stepdaughter's interest in acting.
Career
Page, who initially thought the script to Casablanca was "old fashioned" and "clichéd", landed the role of Annina Brandel on her own and Warner reluctantly approved. She was only seventeen and fresh out of high school. Page, along with Dooley Wilson and Humphrey Bogart, were the only American-born feature actors in the film.
Warner, however, refused to sign Page to a contract, and she never appeared in another Warner Bros. film. She went on to act in a number of films for other studios, including a featured role in her next film, Kismet in 1944. She was usually billed as Joanne Page, and also made some television appearances. In 1945, Page married actor William T. Orr. He became a Warner Bros. executive, leading to accusations of nepotism. She retired from acting after appearing in the first season of Disney's miniseries The Swamp Fox in 1959. The year before, in her final film role, she played Prairie Flower, a Sioux Indian and mother of White Bull, played by Sal Mineo, in Tonka.. She also appeared in episode 22 of Wagon Train as the wife of Bill Tawnee ("The Bill Tawnee Story").
Personal life
Page married actor William T. Orr in 1945. She died on April 18, 2008, of complications arising from a stroke and pneumonia.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Casablanca | Annina Brandel | |
| 1944 | Kismet | Marsinah | |
| 1948 | Man-Eater of Kumaon | Lali | |
| 1950 | Bullfighter and the Lady | Anita de la Vega | |
| 1953 | Conquest of Cochise | Consuelo de Cordova | |
| 1953 | Fighter Attack | Nina | |
| 1955 | The Shrike | Charlotte Moore | |
| 1958 | Tonka | Prairie Flower | |
| :: |
References
References
- (April 29, 2008). "Obituaries: Joy Page". [[The Times]].
- Vagg, Stephen. (March 15, 2020). "My Top Ten Bit Parts in Films".
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/fullcredits ''Casablanca'', Full Cast and Crew]. ''[[IMDb]]''. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
- McLellan, Dennis. (April 24, 2008). "Actress played newlywed refugee in ‘Casablanca’". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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