Tales of the Unexpected
1979
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Mar 3, 1987 · Joan Greenwood, the husky-voiced British actress who starred in many film comedies and stage plays in the 1940's and 50's, has died at her home in London. She was 65 years old.
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).
Offbeat, petite, uniquely plummy-voiced leading lady who graced several classic British comedies of the 1940s and 50s, including "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949), "The Man in the White Suit"...
Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark.
British actress. Born in London, England, on March 4, 1921; died in London in February 1987; daughter of Sydney Barnshaw (an artist) and Ida (Waller) Greenwood; attended St. Catherine's, Bramley, Surrey; attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts; married André Morell (an actor), on May 16, 1960 (died 1978); children: one son. Theater:
May 23, 2009 · No. 57: Joan Greenwood 1921-87. Philip French. Sat 23 May 2009 19.01 EDT. Last modified on Sat 23 May 2009 09.06 EDT. B orn in London, daughter of the painter Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood, she...
Silky, sultry-voiced comic actress Joan Greenwood was the daughter of renowned British artist Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she made her stage debut at age 18; three years later she was cast by actor/director Leslie Howard in the lead of the wartime morale-booster The Gentle Sex (1942).
