Personal Info
Birth date
1921-03-04 (104 Years)
Day of death
1987-02-27
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also known as
Джоан Гринвуд
Joan Mary Waller Greenwood
جوآن گرینوود
Joan Greenwood
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 (1952). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Greenwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
The Philco Television Playhouse
6.3
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.Tales of the Unexpected
6.7
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A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.They Knew Mr. Knight
5.7
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After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?Barbarella
5.982
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In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.The Importance of Being Earnest
7.17
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Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
5
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Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.365
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When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.The Amorous Prawn
6.3
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While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage.The Main Chance
7.7
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The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.He Found a Star
NYR
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A talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients.Little Dorrit
6.5
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Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.Stage Struck
5.9
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A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.Mysterious Island
6.586
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During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .Girl Stroke Boy
5.8
Overview:
Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.Whisky Galore!
6.819
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Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.Tom Jones
5.9
Overview:
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?Flesh and Blood
NYR
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Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.Saraband for Dead Lovers
6.6
Overview:
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.The October Man
6.2
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Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.Frenzy
4.2
Overview:
A spooky seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.Mr. Peek-a-Boo
6.163
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Léon, a humble civil servant, has the unusual ability to walk through walls, however thick they are. One day, he falls madly in love with a charming hotel thief by the name of Suzan.Triangle
5.2
Overview:
Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. A third imaginary leg existed between Amsterdam and Felixstowe to justify the programme title, but this was not operated by the ferry company. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as "some of the most mockable British television ever produced". The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes - particularly on Terry Wogan's morning Radio 2 programme - which caused some embarrassment to the BBC. In 1992, the BBC screened TV Hell, an evening of programming devoted to the worst television had to offer, and the first episode of Triangle was broadcast as part of the line-up. The ferry used in the first series was the Tor Line's MS Tor Scandinavia. In the second and third series this was replaced by the DFDS vessel Dana Anglia probably because she had a less intensive schedule and the longer time she spent in port made on-board filming easier.The Moon-Spinners
5.8
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Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.The Bad Lord Byron
5.6
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Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.The Water Babies
6
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Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime. Tom runs away and jumps into a river where, instead of drowning, he finds himself transformed into a mystical aquatic creature. Swimming and breathing effortlessly, he discovers a colorful underwater world replete with creatures both cruel and kind.The Uncanny
5.9
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Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.The Man in the White Suit
6.9
Overview:
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...Kind Hearts and Coronets
7.65
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When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.Acting
1987Little Dorrit as Mrs. Clennam
1987Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2 Episodes) as Selina Hazy
1986Past Caring as Stella
1986Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios as Interviewee
1985Girls On Top (13 Episodes) as Lady Carlton
1984Ellis Island (3 Episodes) as Madame Levitska
1981Country as Dollie van der Biek
1981Triangle (52 Episodes) as Judith Harper
1979The Flame Is Love as Duchess of Grantham
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Emma Adkins
1978The Hound of the Baskervilles as Beryl Stapleton
1978The Water Babies as Lady Harriet
1977The Uncanny as Miss Malkin (segment "London 1912")
1975Shadows (1 Episode) as Rose
1971Girl Stroke Boy as Lettice Mason
1970The Ealing Comedies as Self
1969The Main Chance (1 Episode) as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
1968Barbarella as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
1968The Jazz Age (1 Episode) as Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
1964The Moon-Spinners as Aunt Frances Ferris
1963Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston
1962The Amorous Prawn as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
1961Mysterious Island as Lady Mary Fairchild
1959Hest på sommerferie as Narrator
1958Stage Struck as Rita Vernon
1955Moonfleet as Lady Clarista Ashwood
1954Father Brown as Lady Warren
1954Monsieur Ripois as Norah
1952The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Ann Whitefield
1951Young Wives' Tale as Sabina Pennant
1951The Man in the White Suit as Daphne Birnley
1951Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Susan
1951Flesh and Blood as Wilhelmina Cameron
1949Kind Hearts and Coronets as Sibella
1949Whisky Galore! as Peggy Macroon
1949The Bad Lord Byron as Lady Caroline Lamb
1948Saraband for Dead Lovers as Sophie Dorothea
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1947The White Unicorn as Lottie Smith
1947The October Man as Jenny Carden
1947The Man Within as Elizabeth
1946A Girl in a Million as Gay Sultzman
1946They Knew Mr. Knight as Ruth Blake
1946Frenzy as Christine
1943The Gentle Sex as Betty Miller
1943Save Your Shillings and Smile as Unknown
1941He Found a Star as Babe Cavour
1941My Wife's Family as Irma Bagshott