Brenda Joyce | "Tarzan" films' Jane, 92

Brenda Joyce, 92, a movie actress who played Jane in five

Tarzan

films, died July 4.

She suffered from dementia for a decade and died of pneumonia at a nursing home in Santa Monica, Calif., family friend David Ragan said.

Ms. Joyce, whose real name was Betty Leabo, appeared in two dozen movies, but she is best known for succeeding Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane in the Tarzan pictures. She appeared in the Tarzan movies in the 1940s, opposite Johnny Weissmuller and later Lex Barker.

She made her last movie in 1949. Ragan said she worked for the immigration department for a decade, helping new immigrants find housing and work. - AP