Joan Greenwood
Born: 1921-03-04 in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Died: 1987-02-27
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2021
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
1987
- Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Selina Hazy
- Little Dorrit as Mrs. Clennam
1986
- Past Caring as Stella
- Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios as Interviewee
1985
- Girls On Top as Lady Carlton
1984
- Ellis Island as Madame Levitska
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Emma Adkins
- 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 (segment "London 1912")
1975
- Shadows as Rose
1971
- Girl Stroke Boy as Lettice Mason
1970
- The Ealing Comedies as Self
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens as Maria Beadnell
1969
- The Main Chance as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
1968
- Barbarella as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
- The Jazz Age as Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
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
- Father Brown as Lady Warren
- Monsieur Ripois as Norah
1952
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
1951
- The Man in the White Suit as Daphne Birnley
- Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Susan
- Flesh and Blood as Wilhelmina Cameron
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ann Whitefield
- Young Wives' Tale as Sabina Pennant
1949
- Whisky Galore! as Peggy Macroon
- Kind Hearts and Coronets as Sibella
- The Bad Lord Byron as Lady Caroline Lamb
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Saraband for Dead Lovers as Sophie Dorothea
1947
- The October Man as Jenny Carden
- The Man Within as Elizabeth
- The White Unicorn as Lottie Smith
1946
- Frenzy as Christine
- They Knew Mr. Knight as Ruth Blake
- A Girl in a Million as Gay Sultzman
1943
- The Gentle Sex as Betty Miller
- Save Your Shillings and Smile
1941
- He Found a Star as Babe Cavour
- My Wife's Family as Irma Bagshott