Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, born as Marguerite Upton, ( born May 26, 1891 in Berkley, Virginia; † 12 June 1957, New York City ) was an American film and Broadway actress. Through their divorces it was considered one of the richest women in the world.
Life
Marguerite Upton was the daughter of the hairdresser Sam Upton and his wife Dora Wood. In 1910, she ran away from home and joined a vaudeville troupe at. In the same year she married Everett Archibald Jr., the youngest son of a wealthy family from Washington, DC. After only two days, the marriage was annulled. Shortly after, she went to New York and earned their living first as a model, two years later she was the Ziegfeld Follies dancer group and rose to 1913 for single dancer on Broadway on. In addition to her " countless" Peggy Hopkins Joyce marriages broke even with their love relationships, including Charlie Chaplin, Jack Dempsey, and Irving Thalberg, in the United States from some scandals. In 1950 she met the banker Andrew Meyer, with whom she lived until her death.
The role of Lorelei Lee, played by Marilyn Monroe in the film comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 ) is based on episodes from the life of a millionaire Peggy Hopkins Joyce.