Joan Greenwood

Personal Info

Birthday

March 4, 1921

Day of Death

1987-02-27

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Джоан Гринвуд

Joan Mary Waller Greenwood

جوآن گرینوود

Joan Greenwood

Biography

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

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

The Main Chance

Triangle

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Barbarella

Girls On Top

The Jazz Age

Filmography

1987
Little Dorrit
as Mrs. Clennam
1986
Past Caring
as Stella
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as Interviewee
1981
Country
as Dollie van der Biek
1979
The Flame Is Love
as Duchess of Grantham
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Beryl Stapleton
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
1968
Barbarella
as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
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
Father Brown
as Lady Warren
1952
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gwendolen Fairfax
1951
Young Wives' Tale
as Sabina Pennant
The Man in the White Suit
as Daphne Birnley
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
as Susan
Flesh and Blood
as Wilhelmina Cameron
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Sibella
Whisky Galore!
as Peggy Macroon
The Bad Lord Byron
as Lady Caroline Lamb
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Sophie Dorothea
1947
The White Unicorn
as Lottie Smith
The October Man
as Jenny Carden
The Man Within
as Elizabeth
1946
A Girl in a Million
as Gay Sultzman
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Ruth Blake
Frenzy
as Christine
1943
The Gentle Sex
as Betty Miller
1941
He Found a Star
as Babe Cavour
My Wife's Family
as Irma Bagshott