Jessie Busley
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Jessie Busley was an American actress/comedian who performed on stage, screen and radio for over six decades.
Jessie made The New York Times
when an article appeared August 1, 1908 claiming she had "Set Two Men on her husband Ernest C. Joy who she intended to divorce.
The New York Times
article titled:
"ACTRESS'S HUSBAND IS BADLY BEATEN"
and said "Ernest C. Joy Says His Wife, Jessie Busley, Set Two Men on Him. HE IS SENT TO A HOSPITAL One of His Unidentified Assailants Beat Him Over the Head with an Iron Bar." The article went on to say that they had frequent quarrels and end by saying that (at that time) "She last appeared in The Bishop's Carriage in which she made a hit"
Lastly leaving the parting shot that "She is well known as an actress but has had more success in the south and west then in this city"
productions in the first 15 years of her career.
Later in June 1930 she would appear on film for the first time in The Devil's Parade A Musical Revue set in Hades, a 10 minute film short by Warner Bros. Pictures along side Actress Joan Blondell
Jessie went on to appear in such films as Brother Rat
and Brother Rat and a Baby with Priscilla Lane, Jane Bryan
, Oscar nominated actor Eddie Albert
, Oscar winning actress Jane Wyman
, and actor and two term president of the United States Ronald Reagan
In 1939 She appeared alongside Kay Francis
, Oscar nominated actor James Stephenson
,and Oscar winner and legendary actor Humphrey Bogart
in King of the Underworld The next year she would appear alongside Humphrey Bogart
again in It All Came True
with actress Ann Sheridan
.
Nov 27, 1899 - Feb 4, 1900
Feb 21, 1900 - May 1900
October 22 - October 27, 1900
May 20, 1901 - Jul 8, 1901
Aug 26, 1901 - Dec 1901
Mar 17, 1902 - Apr 1902
Aug 25, 1902 - Sep 1902
Sep 30, 1902 - Nov 1902
Jan 5, 1904 - Jan 1904
Jan 11, 1905 - Apr 30, 1905
Feb 25, 1907 - Mar 1907
Nov 11, 1909 - [unknown]
Jan 3, 1910 - Jan 3, 1910
Mar 28, 1910 - [unknown]
Dec 19, 1910 - [unknown]
Nov 23, 1914 - Nov 1914
Sep 18, 1916 - Dec 1916
Oct 15, 1919 - Oct 1919
Oct 25, 1926 - Jan 1927
Dec 28, 1928 - Jan 1929
Nov 19, 1930 - Dec 1930
Oct 6, 1931 - Dec 1931
Oct 14, 1931 - Oct 1931
Dec 26, 1931 - Mar 1932
Feb 20, 1933 - May 1933
Sep 22, 1934 - Jun 8, 1935
Aug 5, 1935 - Sep 16, 1935
Nov 26, 1935 - Jun 1936
Dec 26, 1936 - Jul 1938
Jan 3, 1944 - Jul 8, 1944
Nov 9, 1945 - Dec 1, 1945
Apr 25, 1949 - Apr 30, 1949
1931
1938
1939
1940
1940
1940
Personal life
Several months after they were married Ernest Joy tried to shoot a theatrical press agent in a jealous rage after he saw him leaving a theater with Jessie. Word of the shot was reported in the news of the time and the press agent left town. Later that same year Jessie and Ernest separated after it was reported that she had him arrested for "annoying her" all charges were dropped when Jessie did not appear to testify against him.Jessie made The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
when an article appeared August 1, 1908 claiming she had "Set Two Men on her husband Ernest C. Joy who she intended to divorce.
The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
article titled:
"ACTRESS'S HUSBAND IS BADLY BEATEN"
and said "Ernest C. Joy Says His Wife, Jessie Busley, Set Two Men on Him. HE IS SENT TO A HOSPITAL One of His Unidentified Assailants Beat Him Over the Head with an Iron Bar." The article went on to say that they had frequent quarrels and end by saying that (at that time) "She last appeared in The Bishop's Carriage in which she made a hit"
Lastly leaving the parting shot that "She is well known as an actress but has had more success in the south and west then in this city"
Career
Jessie starred on stage in over 25 Charles FrohmanCharles Frohman
Charles Frohman was an American theatrical producer. Frohman was producing plays by 1889 and acquired his first Broadway theatre by 1892. He discovered and promoted many stars of the American theatre....
productions in the first 15 years of her career.
Later in June 1930 she would appear on film for the first time in The Devil's Parade A Musical Revue set in Hades, a 10 minute film short by Warner Bros. Pictures along side Actress Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career...
Jessie went on to appear in such films as Brother Rat
Brother Rat
Brother Rat is a 1938 film about cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, directed by William Keighley and starring Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris....
and Brother Rat and a Baby with Priscilla Lane, Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan was an American actress who was being prepared by the Warner Bros. studio to become one of their leading ladies until she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and retired....
, Oscar nominated actor Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert
Edward Albert Heimberger , known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid.Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing...
, Oscar winning actress Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades...
, and actor and two term president of the United States Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
In 1939 She appeared alongside Kay Francis
Kay Francis
Kay Francis was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress...
, Oscar nominated actor James Stephenson
James Stephenson
James Stephenson was a British actor.-Career:British stage actor James Stephenson made his film debut in 1937 at the age of 48 with parts in four films...
,and Oscar winner and legendary actor Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
in King of the Underworld The next year she would appear alongside Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
again in It All Came True
It All Came True
It All Came True is a 1940 comedy film. It stars Humphrey Bogart as a gangster who hides from the police in a boarding house. Costar Ann Sheridan introduced the hit song "Angel in Disguise".-Cast:*Ann Sheridan as Sarah Jane Ryan...
with actress Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
-Life and career:Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas on February 21, 1915, she was a student at the University of North Texas when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Pictures. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a...
.
Broadway Plays
- +Not on Broadway
Nov 27, 1899 - Feb 4, 1900
- The Manoeuvres of Jane [Original, Play, Comedy]
Feb 21, 1900 - May 1900
- Hearts Are Trumps [Original, Play, Melodrama]
- The National TheatreNational Theatre (Washington, D.C.)The National Theatre is located in Washington, D.C., and is a venue for a variety of live stage productions with seating for 1,676.Despite its name, it is not a governmentally funded national theatre, but operated by a private, non-profit organization....
- +(Washington, DC)
October 22 - October 27, 1900
- Hearts Are Trumps [Original, Play, Melodrama]
May 20, 1901 - Jul 8, 1901
- The Brixton Burglary [Original, Play, Farce]
Aug 26, 1901 - Dec 1901
- A Royal Rival [Original, Play, Drama]
- Garrick TheatreGarrick Theatre (New York)The Garrick Theatre was a 910 seat theatre built in 1890 and located on 67 West 35th Street New York. Designed by Francis Hatch Kimball and commissioned by Edward Harrigan, who managed the theatre, originally named Harringan's Theatre, until 1895. Richard Mansfield took over from Harrigan, renaming...
Mar 17, 1902 - Apr 1902
- Sky Farm [Original, Play, Comedy]
- Garrick TheatreGarrick Theatre (New York)The Garrick Theatre was a 910 seat theatre built in 1890 and located on 67 West 35th Street New York. Designed by Francis Hatch Kimball and commissioned by Edward Harrigan, who managed the theatre, originally named Harringan's Theatre, until 1895. Richard Mansfield took over from Harrigan, renaming...
Aug 25, 1902 - Sep 1902
- The New Clown [Original, Play, Farce]
Sep 30, 1902 - Nov 1902
- The Two Schools [Original, Play]
- Empire TheatreEmpire Theatre (New York City)The Empire Theatre in New York City was a prominent Broadway theatre in the first half of the twentieth century. It opened in 1893 with a performance of The Girl I Left Behind Me by David Belasco. The Empire continued to present both original plays and revivals until 1953. Its final show, in May...
Jan 5, 1904 - Jan 1904
- Little Mary [Original, Play]
- Savoy Theatre, (1/11/1905 - 1/29/1905)
- Lyceum Theatre, (1/30/1905 - 4/30/1905)
Jan 11, 1905 - Apr 30, 1905
- Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots [Original, Play, Comedy]
- Grand Opera HousePike's Opera HousePike's Opera House, later renamed the Grand Opera House, was a theatre in New York City on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street, in Chelsea, Manhattan.His other Pike's Opera House, in Cincinnati, burned in the Great Fire of Cincinnati, in 1866. Rebuilt after the fire, and the first...
Feb 25, 1907 - Mar 1907
- In the Bishop's Carriage [Original, Play]
- New TheatreCentury TheatreThe Century Theatre, originally the New Theatre, was a theater located at 62nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. Opened on November 6, 1909, it was noted for its fine architecture but due to poor acoustics and an inconvenient location it was financially unsuccessful...
Nov 11, 1909 - [unknown]
- The Cottage in the Air [Original, Play]
- New TheatreCentury TheatreThe Century Theatre, originally the New Theatre, was a theater located at 62nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. Opened on November 6, 1909, it was noted for its fine architecture but due to poor acoustics and an inconvenient location it was financially unsuccessful...
Jan 3, 1910 - Jan 3, 1910
- Liz the Mother [Original, Play]
- New TheatreCentury TheatreThe Century Theatre, originally the New Theatre, was a theater located at 62nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. Opened on November 6, 1909, it was noted for its fine architecture but due to poor acoustics and an inconvenient location it was financially unsuccessful...
Mar 28, 1910 - [unknown]
- The Winter's Tale [Revival, Play, Comedy]
- New TheatreCentury TheatreThe Century Theatre, originally the New Theatre, was a theater located at 62nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. Opened on November 6, 1909, it was noted for its fine architecture but due to poor acoustics and an inconvenient location it was financially unsuccessful...
Dec 19, 1910 - [unknown]
- Old Heidelberg [Revival, Play]
- Liberty Theatre
Nov 23, 1914 - Nov 1914
- Twelfth Night [Revival, Play, Comedy]
- Hudson TheatreHudson TheatreThe Hudson Theatre is a former Broadway theater located at 141 West 44th Street, in midtown Manhattan, New York. Today the Hudson functions as a conference center and television studio. It is owned by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.-History:...
Sep 18, 1916 - Dec 1916
- Pollyanna [Original, Play]
Oct 15, 1919 - Oct 1919
- A Young Man's Fancy [Original, Play, Comedy]
Oct 25, 1926 - Jan 1927
- Daisy Mayme [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Daisy Mayme Plunkett]
- Lyceum Theatre
Dec 28, 1928 - Jan 1929
- To-Morrow [Original, Play]
- [Grace]
- Broadhurst TheatreBroadhurst TheatreThe Broadhurst Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 235 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.It was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, a well-known theatre designer who had been working directly with the Shubert brothers; the Broadhurst opened 27 September 1917...
Nov 19, 1930 - Dec 1930
- An Affair of State [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Aunt Augusta]
Oct 6, 1931 - Dec 1931
- The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime [Revival, Play, Melodrama]
- [Mrs. Puffy]
Oct 14, 1931 - Oct 1931
- Pillars of Society [Revival, Play, Drama]
- [Miss Rummel]
- Fulton Theatre
Dec 26, 1931 - Mar 1932
- The Bride the Sun Shines On [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Mrs. Marbury]
- Belasco TheatreBelasco TheatreThe Belasco Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 111 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan.-History:Designed by architect George Keister for impresario David Belasco, the interior featured Tiffany lighting and ceiling panels, rich woodwork and expansive murals by American artist...
Feb 20, 1933 - May 1933
- Alien Corn [Original, Play]
- [Mrs. Skeats]
- Center Theatre
Sep 22, 1934 - Jun 8, 1935
- The Great Waltz [Original, Musical, Operetta]
- [Greta]
- Center Theatre
Aug 5, 1935 - Sep 16, 1935
- The Great Waltz [Original, Musical, Operetta]
- [Greta]
- Music Box TheatreMusic Box TheatreThe Music Box Theater is a Broadway theatre located at 239 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan.The once most aptly named theater on Broadway, the intimate Music Box was designed by architect C. Howard Crane and constructed by composer Irving Berlin and producer Sam H. Harris specifically to...
Nov 26, 1935 - Jun 1936
- First Lady [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Belle Hardwick]
- Ethel Barrymore TheatreEthel Barrymore TheatreThe Ethel Barrymore Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 243 West 47th Street in midtown-Manhattan, named for actress Ethel Barrymore....
Dec 26, 1936 - Jul 1938
- The Women [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Mrs. Morehead]
- Music Box TheatreMusic Box TheatreThe Music Box Theater is a Broadway theatre located at 239 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan.The once most aptly named theater on Broadway, the intimate Music Box was designed by architect C. Howard Crane and constructed by composer Irving Berlin and producer Sam H. Harris specifically to...
Jan 3, 1944 - Jul 8, 1944
- Over 21 [Original, Play]
- [Mrs. Armina Gates]
- John Golden TheatreJohn Golden TheatreThe John Golden Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 252 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Designed in a Moorish style along with the adjacent Royale Theatre by architect Herbert J. Krapp for Irwin Chanin, it opened as the Theatre Masque on February 24 1927 with the play Puppets of Passion...
Nov 9, 1945 - Dec 1, 1945
- The Rich Full Life [Original, Play]
- [Mother Fenwick]
- Lyceum Theatre
Apr 25, 1949 - Apr 30, 1949
- The Happiest Years [Original, Play, Comedy]
- [Alida Wentworth]
Films
1930- The Devil's Parade (short)
1931
- Ma Ryan
1938
- Mrs. Brooks
1939
- Aunt Josephine
1940
- Mrs. 'Gram' Brooks
1940
- It All Came TrueIt All Came TrueIt All Came True is a 1940 comedy film. It stars Humphrey Bogart as a gangster who hides from the police in a boarding house. Costar Ann Sheridan introduced the hit song "Angel in Disguise".-Cast:*Ann Sheridan as Sarah Jane Ryan...
- Mrs. Nora Taylor
1940
- Mrs. Mudge