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Joyce Bryant (October 14, 1927 – November 20, 2022) was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer.
Dec 7, 2022 · Joyce Bryant, a sultry singer of the 1940s and ’50s who broke racial barriers in nightclubs and raised the hackles of radio censors before setting aside her show business career in favor of...
JOYCE BRYANT: The Lost Diva will be the first feature length documentary (currently in-progress) about one of America's most enigmatic entertainers. Determined to be an artist on her own terms, Joyce Bryant's story is a case-study of how popular culture's 'celebrity machine' shapes who we remember - and who we forget.
Few know Joyce Bryant’s devastating life story—and the chilling reason she turned her back on fame and fortune. 1. She Gave It All Up. Joyce Bryant ignited the music industry with a four-octave range, an hourglass figure, and a handful of silver paint.
Nov 29, 2022 · Joyce Bryant, an African American singer who became known as the “bronze blond bombshell” of the 1950s, electrifying nightclub audiences with her sultry voice and shimmering silver hair before...
Oct 26, 2020 · Long before bodacious women like Pam Grier, Beyoncé and Halle Berry became the multitalented bombshells we love, there was Joyce Bryant. Often dubbed the “black Marilyn Monroe,” “Bronze ...
Jan 29, 2023 · Writer Karla Mendez looks at singer and activist Joyce Bryant, who, despite wowing audiences in the 1940s and 1950s with her striking image and extraordinary voice, left behind her successful entertainment career to embark on a journey to advocate for civil rights.
Nov 22, 2022 · Joyce Bryant, singer of the 1940s and ‘50s known as “The Bronze Blonde Bombshell,” died Sunday at the age of 95.
Nov 22, 2022 · Joyce Bryant, often referred as the “Black Marilyn Monroe," has died at 95. The death of 1940s singer and actress who also went by the moniker “The Bronze Blond Bombshell” was confirmed...
Jan 19, 2023 · Joyce Bryant, who has died aged 95, was a sultry, four-octave jazz singer known as “the Bronze Blonde Bombshell”, “the Black Marilyn Monroe” and “the Belter”; but in the mid-1950s, sorely...
