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Background Joan Greenwood was born on 4 March 1921 in London, City of London, United Kingdom. Career She was a stage actress who made her film debut iu the early years of the war, and was at her peak in the period 1948-55: John Smith Wakes Up (41, Jiri Weiss); My Wife’s Family (41, Walter Charles Mycroft); He Found a Star (4L John Paddy Carstairs); The Gentle Sex (43, Leslie Howard and ...
Jan 11, 2024 · Joan Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She is perhaps best remembered for her role as Sibella in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). Her other film appearances included The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Importance of Being Earnest ...
Joan Greenwood Biography (1921-1987) Born March 4, 1921, in Chelsea, London, England; died of an apparent heart attack in London, February 28, 1987; daughter of Sydney Earnshaw and Ida (Waller) Greenwood; married Andre Morell (died). Addresses: OFFICE--c/o TheSpotlight, 42 Cranbourn Street, London WC2, England.
Oct 31, 2018 · Joan Greenwood was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She is perhaps best remembered for her r...
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Kind Hearts and Coronets: Directed by Robert Hamer. With Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness. A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Actress Joan Greenwood, who plays the role of ballerina in a London TV production is shown leaping into the arms of Paddy Ryan (the champ) during rehearsals for the show ‘The Boxer and the Ballerina’, to be presented for televiewers in London on 20th December, 1952.
By means of the briefest possible pause, Greenwood invests the line with an infinite wealth of sexual innuendo. Being at once sexy and witty was Greenwood's forte. Petite and graceful, she moved with a delicate feline sensuality; her breathily husky voice, accentuating unexpected vowels, hovered always on the verge of self-parody.
