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).
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Acting History
2021
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
1987Little Dorrit as Mrs. Clennam
1987Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Selina Hazy
1986Past Caring as Stella
1986Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios as Interviewee
1985Girls On Top as Lady Carlton
1984Ellis Island as Madame Levitska
1981Country as Dollie van der Biek
1981Triangle as Judith Harper
1979The Flame Is Love as Duchess of Grantham
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Emma Adkins
1978The Hound of the Baskervilles as Beryl Stapleton
1978The Water Babies as Lady Harriet
1977The Uncanny as Miss Malkin (segment "London 1912")
1975Shadows as Rose
1971Girl Stroke Boy as Lettice Mason
1970The Ealing Comedies as Self
1970The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens as Maria Beadnell
1969The Main Chance as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
1968Barbarella as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
1968The Jazz Age as Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
1965BBC Play of the Month as Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
1964The Moon-Spinners as Aunt Frances Ferris
1963Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston
1962The Amorous Prawn as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
1961Mysterious Island as Lady Mary Fairchild
1959Hest på sommerferie as Narrator
1958Stage Struck as Rita Vernon
1955Moonfleet as Lady Clarista Ashwood
1954Father Brown as Lady Warren
1954Monsieur Ripois as Norah
1952The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ann Whitefield
1951Young Wives' Tale as Sabina Pennant
1951The Man in the White Suit as Daphne Birnley
1951Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Susan
1951Flesh and Blood as Wilhelmina Cameron
1949Kind Hearts and Coronets as Sibella
1949Whisky Galore! as Peggy Macroon
1949The Bad Lord Byron as Lady Caroline Lamb
1948Saraband for Dead Lovers as Sophie Dorothea
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1947The White Unicorn as Lottie Smith
1947The October Man as Jenny Carden
1947The Man Within as Elizabeth
1946A Girl in a Million as Gay Sultzman
1946They Knew Mr. Knight as Ruth Blake
1946Frenzy as Christine
1943The Gentle Sex as Betty Miller
1943Save Your Shillings and Smile
1941He Found a Star as Babe Cavour
1941My Wife's Family as Irma Bagshott