Joyce Grant
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Joyce Grant (23 January 1924 – 11 July 2006) was a UK-based South African actress known for her comedic roles. Grant was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and her father encouraged her to move to London to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. When she returned to South Africa, her roles included: "Lola" in William Inge's Come Back Little Sheba and as "Laura Wingfield" in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. At the end of the 1950s she returned permanently to London and a...
Known For
Filmography
Hannay
1988
Blackadder
1983
as Mother Superior
Sweeney!
1977
as McQueen's Secretary
The Professionals
1977
as Miss Walsh
The Dancing Years
1976
as Cacille Kurt
A Man of Morality
1976
as Miss Dickin
The Apple Cart
1975
as Lysistrata
Larry Grayson
1975
as Madge
Centre Play
1973
as Miss Dickin
Sykes
1972
as Mrs. Copperwell
Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Princess Hysteria
Gideon's Way
1965
as Margaret Gresham
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Powermistress Lysistrata
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Nurse Guinness
Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
1964
as Madame Zora