Joan Greenwood
March 4, 1921 (103 years old) in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Joan Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 27 February 1987) was an English actress. Born in Chelsea, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. Perhaps her most famous role was Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Greenwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 1987 · Little Dorrit as Mrs. Clennam
- 1987 · Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Selina Hazy
- 1986 · Past Caring as Stella
- 1986 · Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios as Interviewee
- 1985 · Girls On Top as Lady Carlton
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Selina Hazy
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Madame Levitska
- 1981 · Country as Dollie van der Biek
- 1981 · Triangle as Judith Harper
- 1979 · The Flame Is Love as Duchess of Grantham
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Emma Adkins
- 1978 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Beryl Stapleton
- 1978 · The Water Babies as Lady Harriet
- 1977 · The Uncanny as Miss Malkin
- 1971 · Girl Stroke Boy as Lettice Mason
- 1970 · The Ealing Comedies as Self
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
- 1968 · Barbarella as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
- 1968 · The Jazz Age as
- 1964 · The Moon-Spinners as Aunt Frances Ferris
- 1963 · Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston
- 1962 · The Amorous Prawn as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
- 1961 · Mysterious Island as Lady Mary Fairchild
- 1959 · Hest på sommerferie as Narrator
- 1958 · Stage Struck as Rita Vernon
- 1955 · Moonfleet as Lady Clarista Ashwood
- 1954 · Monsieur Ripois as Norah
- 1954 · Father Brown as Lady Warren
- 1952 · The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ann Whitefield
- 1951 · Young Wives' Tale as Sabina Pennant
- 1951 · The Man in the White Suit as Daphne Birnley
- 1951 · Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Susan
- 1951 · Flesh and Blood as Wilhelmina Cameron
- 1949 · Kind Hearts and Coronets as Sibella
- 1949 · Whisky Galore! as Peggy Macroon
- 1949 · The Bad Lord Byron as Lady Caroline Lamb
- 1948 · Saraband for Dead Lovers as Sophie Dorothea
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1947 · The White Unicorn as Lottie Smith
- 1947 · The October Man as Jenny Carden
- 1947 · The Man Within as Elizabeth
- 1946 · A Girl in a Million as
- 1946 · They Knew Mr. Knight as Ruth Blake
- 1946 · Frenzy as Christine
- 1943 · The Gentle Sex as Betty Miller
- 1943 · Save Your Shillings and Smile as
- 1941 · He Found a Star as Babe Cavour
- 1941 · My Wife's Family as Irma Bagshott