Occupation Actress Parents Herbert Standing Jr. Role Actress | Name Joan Standing Years active 1919–1940 | |
Born 21 June 1903 ( 1903-06-21 ) Worcestershire, England, UK Died February 3, 1979, Houston, Texas, United States Spouse Otto Pierce (m. 1927–1979) Cousins Kay Hammond, Guy Standing Jr., Jack Standing, Jr., Michael Standing Movies Dracula, Greed, Oliver Twist, Lorna Doone, Never the Twain Shall Meet Similar People Erich von Stroheim, Herbert Standing, Tod Browning, Guy Standing, Frank Lloyd | ||
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in 63 films between 1919 and 1940.
She was the daughter of Herbert Standing Jr. and granddaughter of Herbert Standing (1846-1923). Her uncles were Wyndham Standing, Sir Guy Standing, Percy Standing and Jack Standing. Her cousin was actress Kay Hammond.
She emigrated later in life to the United States. She died in Houston, Texas in 1979, aged 75.
Filmography
Actress
1940
Li'l Abner as
Kitty Hoops
1940
Colorado as
Saloon Reader (uncredited)
1940
Grand Ole Opry as
Woman (uncredited)
1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy as
Dawson (uncredited)
1935
The Headline Woman as
Sadie, Chase's Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Straight from the Heart as
Mother of Crippled Boy (uncredited)
1934
Behold My Wife! as
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1934
Broadway Bill as
Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
1934
Jane Eyre as
Daisy
1933
Private Detective 62 as
Client with Free (uncredited)
1933
Goldie Gets Along as
The Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
American Madness as
Panicked Depositor (uncredited)
1932
Love Affair as
Jim's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
Broken Lullaby as
Flower Shop Girl (uncredited)
1932
Emma as
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
1931
Possessed as
Whitney's Secretary (uncredited)
1931
The Age for Love as
Eleanor
1931
Young as You Feel as
Lemuel's Secretary
1931
Never the Twain Shall Meet as
Julia
1931
Dracula as
Maid
1930
Ex-Flame as
Kilmer
1930
A Lady's Morals as
Louise
1930
Extravagance as
Mary - Maid (uncredited)
1930
For the Love o' Lil as
Chambermaid
1930
Hell's Angels as
Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
1930
Street of Chance as
Miss Abrams
1929
The Marriage Playground as
Miss Scopey
1929
Fashions in Love as
Miss Weller
1929
My Lady's Past as
Maid
1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1929
The Kid's Clever as
A Girl
1928
Home, James as
Iris Elliot
1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division as
Mabel
1928
Beau Sabreur as
Maudie
1927
The College Hero as
Nellie Kelly
1927
Ritzy as
Mary
1927
The First Night as
Mrs. Miller
1926
The Campus Flirt as
Harriet Porter
1926
Lost at Sea as
Olga
1926
The Little Firebrand as
Miss Smyth
1926
Sandy as
Alice McNeil
1926
Memory Lane as
Maid
1926
The Outsider as
Pritchard
1926
The Skyrocket as
Sharon's Secretary
1925
Counsel for the Defense as
Printer's Devil
1925
With This Ring as
Cecilie's maid
1925
Ranger of the Big Pines as
Mame
1925
Love on the Rio Grande
1925
Faint Perfume as
The Hired Girl
1925
The Dancers as
Pringle
1924
The Beauty Prize as
Lydia Du Bois
1924
Greed as
Selina
1924
Empty Hearts as
Hilda, the maid
1924
What Shall I Do? as
Lizzie
1924
Happiness as
Jenny
1924
Women Who Give as
Sophia Higginboottom
1924
Three Weeks as
Isabella
1923
Pleasure Mad as
Hulda
1923
The Cricket on the Hearth as
Tillie Slowboy
1923
A Noise in Newboro as
Dorothy Mason
1922
Hearts Aflame as
Ginger
1922
Oliver Twist as
Charlotte
1922
Lorna Doone as
Gwenny Carfax (uncredited)
1920
Silk Hosiery as
Sophia Black
1920
The Branding Iron as
Maude Upper
1919
The Loves of Letty as
Slavey
Archive Footage
2007
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Maid
- Dracula (1931) (2007) - Maid
References
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