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Joyce Bryant (born October 14, 1928) is an African-American singer and actress who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex symbol, garnering such nicknames as "The Bronze Blond Bombshell", "the black Marilyn Monroe", "The Belter", and "The Voice You'll Always Remember". Bryant left the industry in 1955 at the height of her popularity to devote herself to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A decade later, she returned to show business as a trained classical vocalist and later became a vocal coach. ==Early life== Joyce Bryant, the oldest of eight children, was born in Oakland, California, and raised in San Francisco. Her father worked as a chef for the Southern Pacific Railroad and her mother was a devout Seventh-day Adventist.〔 〕〔 〕 Bryant, a quiet child raised in a strict home, had ambitions of becoming a sociology teacher.〔〔 〕 She eloped at the age of 14 but the marriage ended that same evening.〔 In 1946, while visiting cousins in Los Angeles, she agreed on a dare to participate in an impromptu singalong at a local club.〔〔 "After a while," Bryant recounted in a 1955 ''Jet'' interview, "I found I was the only one singing. A few minutes later the club owner offered me $25 to go up on stage, and I took it because I (the money ) to get home."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joyce Bryant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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