Grace Bradley Boyd as the wife of William Boyd, the man behind Hopalong Cassidy. However, she held her own on and off screen as an actress with style and one half of an incredible Hollywood romance.
Grace was born in 1913 in Brooklyn, New York. She acted, sang, and danced on the Broadway stage in the musicals Strike Me Pink and The Little Show. At the young age of 20, she headed to Hollywood in 1933. Often typecast as a femme fatale, Grace appeared in melodious films The Cat’s-Paw in 1934, Too Much Harmony in 1935, Stolen Harmony in 1935, Old Man Rhythm in 1935, Anything Goes in 1936, and Wake Up and Live in 1937 stealing the hearts of the audience with her talent.
Movie audiences, however, weren’t the only ones smitten with Miss Bradley. Grace had been a fan of William Boyd for years, claiming since age 12 that one day she would marry him. When he called upon her to attend a party at his house, Grace believed the invitation was a prank played by her friends. Upon realizing it was Boyd, she accepted, and the two spent the next three days practically inseparable. They were married three weeks later in 1937. Grace then stood alongside Bill while he made the Hopalong Cassidy features, and made her last film, Tournament of Roses, in 1954.