Joan Greenwood

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-03-04 (66 years old)

Deathday

1987-02-27

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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

Acting

1952

1963

Tom Jones

as Lady Bellaston

1951

The Man in the White Suit

as Daphne Birnley

1955

Moonfleet

as Lady Clarista Ashwood

1964

The Moon-Spinners

as Aunt Frances Ferris

1949

Whisky Galore!

as Peggy Macroon

1987

Little Dorrit

as Mrs. Clennam

1947

The October Man

as Jenny Carden

1948

Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Sophie Dorothea

1961

Mysterious Island

as Lady Mary Fairchild

1951

1943

The Gentle Sex

as Betty Miller

1977

The Uncanny

as Miss Malkin

1954

Father Brown

as Lady Warren

1971

Girl Stroke Boy

as Lettice Mason

1958

Stage Struck

as Rita Vernon

1946

Frenzy

as Christine

1951

Young Wives' Tale

as Sabina Pennant

1946

1947

The White Unicorn

as Lottie Smith

1962

The Amorous Prawn

as Lady Dodo Fitzadam

1946

A Girl in a Million

as Gay Sultzman

1959

1941

He Found a Star

as Babe Cavour

1981

Country

as Dollie van der Biek

1947

The Man Within

as Elizabeth

1949

The Bad Lord Byron

as Lady Caroline Lamb

1968

Barbarella

as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)

1951

Flesh and Blood

as Wilhelmina Cameron

1954

1986

Past Caring

as Stella

1979

The Flame Is Love

as Duchess of Grantham

1978

1978

The Water Babies

as Lady Harriet

1941

My Wife's Family

as Irma Bagshott

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