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Occupation
  
Actress

Children
  
Jason Morell

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Joan Greenwood

Years active
  
1938–1987


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Born
  
4 March 1921 (
1921-03-04
)
Chelsea, London, England

Died
  
February 28, 1987, London, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Andre Morell (m. 1960–1978)

TV shows
  
Girls on Top, Ellis Island, Triangle

Movies
  
Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Man in the White Suit, Mysterious Island, Whisky Galore!, The Importance of Being

Similar People
  
Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Robert Hamer, Andre Morell, Michael Craig

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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 (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and Little Dorrit (1987).

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Life and career

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Born in Chelsea, London, the daughter of Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood (1887 – 1949), a portrait artist, and Ida Greenwood (née Waller), Joan Greenwood studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career, appearing with Donald Wolfit's theatre company in the years following the Second World War.

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Greenwood made several memorable screen appearances just after the war, in Ealing Comedies, in Whisky Galore!; as the seductive Sibella in the black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); and in The Man in the White Suit (1951). She opened The Grass is Greener in the West End in 1952, and played Gwendolyn in a film version of The Importance of Being Earnest released in the same year.

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She had a leading role in Stage Struck (1958), an adaptation of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (1961), and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Tom Jones (1963).

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In 1960 Greenwood appeared as the title character in a production of Hedda Gabler at the Playhouse, Oxford. Starring opposite her as Judge Brack was the actor André Morell. They fell in love and flew in secret to Jamaica, where they were married, remaining together until his death in 1978.

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Greenwood appeared as Olga, alongside Spike Milligan in Frank Dunlop's production of the play Oblomov, based on the novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov. The play opened at London's Lyric Theatre on 6 October 1964. Greenwood was described as "a model of generosity and tolerance ... the only person in the cast who could not be 'corpsed' by Milligan; although he tried very hard. She looked beautiful, and played the part of Oblomov's unfortunate lady with total integrity. 'She never left the script', says Milligan with a guilty smile of something between irritation and admiration. 'I just couldn't make her crack up. All the rest of us did. She never lost her dignity for a moment.'"

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She played Lady Carlton, a quirky romance novelist and landlady to the main characters in the British sitcom Girls on Top (1985-86). Her last film was Little Dorrit (1988), which was released posthumously.

Joan Greenwood died of a heart attack in London, less than a week before her 66th birthday. With her husband she had one child, Jason Morell, a film actor who has appeared in Mrs Brown (1997, as Lord Stanley), and Wilde (also 1997, as Ernest Dowson).

Filmography

Actress
1988
Melba (TV Mini Series) as
Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.8 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.7 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.6 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.5 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.4 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Episode #1.3 (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
1987
Little Dorrit as
Mrs. Clennam
1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV Mini Series) as
Selina Hazy
- Part Two (1987) - Selina Hazy
- Part One (1987) - Selina Hazy
1985
Girls on Top (TV Series) as
Lady Carlton
- Lower the Donkey (1986) - Lady Carlton
- Mr. Yummy Brownie (1986) - Lady Carlton
- Bring Me More Flamingoes (1986) - Lady Carlton
- Who's Ya Uncle Shelley? (1986) - Lady Carlton (credit only)
- Big Snogs (1986) - Lady Carlton
- Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much (1986) - Lady Carlton
- Hark (1985) - Lady Carlton
- Skankin' (1985) - Lady Carlton
- Ident: Candy Time (1985) - Lady Carlton
- Cancel Toast (1985) - Lady Carlton
- C.O.D. (1985) - Lady Carlton
- Staying Alive (1985) - Lady Carlton
- Four-Play (1985) - Lady Carlton
1985
Past Caring (TV Movie) as
Stella
1984
Ellis Island (TV Mini Series) as
Madame Levitska
- Episode #1.3 (1984) - Madame Levitska
- Episode #1.2 (1984) - Madame Levitska
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Madame Levitska
1984
One by One (TV Series) as
Mrs. Crabbe
- Doctor's Orders (1984) - Mrs. Crabbe
1984
Strangers and Brothers (TV Series) as
Lady Boscastle
- Episode #1.6 (1984) - Lady Boscastle
- Episode #1.3 (1984) - Lady Boscastle
1983
Wagner (TV Mini Series) as
Frau Dangl
- Episode #1.6 (1983) - Frau Dangl
1982
Triangle (TV Series) as
Judith Harper
1981
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) as
Emma Adkins
- Bosom Friends (1981) - Emma Adkins
1981
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Dollie van der Biek
- Country (1981) - Dollie van der Biek
1981
Bognor (TV Series) as
Duchess of Dorset
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 6 - Feeding Time (1981) - Duchess of Dorset
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 5 - Dummy Run (1981) - Duchess of Dorset
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 3 - Meet the Mole (1981) - Duchess of Dorset
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 2 - A Handful of Ashes (1981) - Duchess of Dorset
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 1 - Dog's Dinner (1981) - Duchess of Dorset
1980
Wainwright's Law (TV Series) as
Hettie Moffatt
- The Birthday Party (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- A Short, Sharp Shock (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- Small Claims (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- The Party of the First Part (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- An Amicable Arrangement (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- A Quiet Saturday (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- Some Wills Won't (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
- A Death in the Family (1980) - Hettie Moffatt
1979
The Flame Is Love (TV Movie) as
Duchess of Grantham
1979
Love Among the Artists (TV Mini Series) as
Lady Geraldine Porter
- Dilemmas and Decisions (1979) - Lady Geraldine Porter
- Successes and Surrenders (1979) - Lady Geraldine Porter
1978
Shadows (TV Series) as
Rose
- The Rose of Puddle Fratrum (1978) - Rose
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles as
Beryl Stapleton
1978
The Water Babies as
Lady Harriet
1977
The Uncanny as
Miss Malkin (segment "London 1912")
1971
Girl Stroke Boy as
Lettice Mason
1970
The Main Chance (TV Series) as
Mrs. Hilary Wenn
- The Lady Who Went Too Far (1970) - Mrs. Hilary Wenn
1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (TV Movie) as
Maria Beadnell
1970
It's Tommy Cooper (TV Series) as
Guest - Samantha
- Episode #1.4 (1970) - Guest - Samantha
1970
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
- In Good King Charles's Golden Days (1970) - Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
1968
The Jazz Age (TV Series) as
Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
- Winner Take All (1968) - Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
1967
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Mrs. Suez
- The Fat of the Land (1967) - Mrs. Suez
1966
Secret Agent (TV Series) as
Nandina
- The Paper Chase (1966) - Nandina
1966
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Sheila Broadbent
- The Reluctant Debutante (1966) - Sheila Broadbent
1964
The Moon-Spinners as
Aunt Frances Ferris
1963
Tom Jones as
Lady Bellaston
1962
The Amorous Mr. Prawn as
Lady Dodo Fitzadam
1961
Mysterious Island as
Lady Mary Fairchild
1960
Startime (TV Series) as
Hedda Gabler
- Hedda Gabler (1960) - Hedda Gabler
1959
After Hours (TV Series)
- Episode #2.4 (1959)
1959
Theatre Night (TV Series) as
Hattie, Countess of Rhyall
- The Grass Is Greener (1959) - Hattie, Countess of Rhyall
1958
Target (TV Series) as
Dorothy
- Turmoil (1958) - Dorothy
1958
Stage Struck as
Rita Vernon
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Ann Veronica / Antonia / Claire
- Ann Veronica (1957) - Ann Veronica
- Policy for Love (1957) - Antonia
- Tears in the Wind (1956) - Claire
1956
Man and Superman (TV Movie) as
Ann Whitefield
1956
Camera One (TV Series) as
Cards of Identity actress
- Episode #1.10 (1956) - Cards of Identity actress
1955
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
Mrs. Lily Candle
- The King and Mrs. Candle (1955) - Mrs. Lily Candle
1952
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Lucasta Angel / Cast member 'The Truth About the Truth'
- The Confidential Clerk (1955) - Lucasta Angel
- Three Plays by Benn W. Levy (1952) - Cast member 'The Truth About the Truth'
1955
Moonfleet as
Lady Ashwood
1954
Hest på sommerferie (Short)(voice)
1954
The Detective as
Lady Warren
1954
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- The King and Mrs. Candle (1954)
1954
Lovers, Happy Lovers! as
Norah
1954
Omnibus (TV Series)(segment "A Marriage Has Been Arranged")
- Hilde and the Turnpike (1954) - (segment "A Marriage Has Been Arranged")
1952
A Doll's House (TV Movie) as
Nora
1952
The Importance of Being Earnest as
Gwendolen Fairfax (Her Daughter)
1951
Young Wives' Tale as
Sabina Pennant
1951
The Man in the White Suit as
Daphne Birnley
1951
Mr. Peek-a-Boo as
Susan
1951
Flesh and Blood as
Wilhelmina Cameron
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets as
Sibella
1949
Whisky Galore! as
Peggy Macroon
1949
The Bad Lord Byron as
Lady Caroline Lamb
1949
The Importance of Being Earnest (TV Movie) as
Cecily Cardew
1948
Saraband as
Sophie Dorothea
1947
Bad Sister as
Lottie Smith
1947
The October Man as
Jenny Carden
1947
The Smugglers as
Elizabeth
1946
A Girl in a Million as
Gay Sultzman
1946
They Knew Mr. Knight as
Ruth Blake
1945
Frenzy as
Christine Minetti
1943
Save Your Shillings and Smile (Short) as
Dancer (uncredited)
1943
The Gentle Sex as
Betty Miller
1941
He Found a Star as
Babe Cavour
1941
My Wife's Family as
Irma Bagshott
1941
John Smith Wakes Up (Short) as
Joan
1939
Little Ladyship (TV Movie) as
Pupil at Tadworthy House School
Miscellaneous
1968
Barbarella (voice dubbing: Anita Pallenberg - English version, uncredited)
Soundtrack
1985
Girls on Top (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Hark (1985) - (performer: "Happy Birthday to You")
Self
1986
Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Interviewee
- Made in Ealing (1986) - Self - Interviewee
1970
Tuesday's Documentary (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970) - Self
1966
Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.13 (1966) - Self
1964
Muses with Milligan (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1 (1964) - Self
1963
Steam, Sanctity and Song (TV Movie) as
Self - Narrator
1952
What's My Line (TV Series) as
Self - Panellist
- Episode #2.11 (1952) - Self - Panellist
- Episode #2.10 (1952) - Self - Panellist
1952
This Is Show Business (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.3 (1952) - Self
Archive Footage
2019
Once More with Ealing (Video documentary short) as
Sibella (uncredited)
1988
Great Performances (TV Series) as
Madame Mathilde Marchesi
- Melba (1988) - Madame Mathilde Marchesi
1966
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Aunt Frances Ferris
- The Moon-Spinners: Part 3 (1966) - Aunt Frances Ferris
- The Moon-Spinners: Part 2 (1966) - Aunt Frances Ferris
- The Moon-Spinners: Part 1 (1966) - Aunt Frances Ferris

References

Joan Greenwood Wikipedia


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