Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

04/03/1921

Day of Death

27/02/1987
(66) years old

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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 (195... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1987

Little Dorrit

as Mrs. Clennam

1986

Past Caring

as Stella

1981

Country

as Dollie van der Biek

1979

The Flame Is Love

as Duchess of Grantham

1978

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Beryl Stapleton

1978

The Water Babies

as Lady Harriet

1977

The Uncanny

as Miss Malkin

1971

Girl Stroke Boy

as Lettice Mason

1968

Barbarella

as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)

1964

The Moon-Spinners

as Aunt Frances Ferris

1963

Tom Jones

as Lady Bellaston

1962

The Amorous Prawn

as Lady Dodo Fitzadam

1961

Mysterious Island

as Lady Mary Fairchild

1959

Hest på sommerferie

as Narrator

1958

Stage Struck

as Rita Vernon

1955

Moonfleet

as Lady Clarista Ashwood

1954

Monsieur Ripois

as Norah

1954

Father Brown

as Lady Warren

1952

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Gwendolen Fairfax

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

Whisky Galore!

as Peggy Macroon

1949

The Bad Lord Byron

as Lady Caroline Lamb

1948

Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Sophie Dorothea

1947

The White Unicorn

as Lottie Smith

1947

The October Man

as Jenny Carden

1947

The Man Within

as Elizabeth

1946

A Girl in a Million

as Gay Sultzman

1946

They Knew Mr. Knight

as Ruth Blake

1946

Frenzy

as Christine

1943

The Gentle Sex

as Betty Miller

1941

He Found a Star

as Babe Cavour

1941

My Wife's Family

as Irma Bagshott