Joan Greenwood
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Acting Credits
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
Known For
Filmography
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
as Self - (archive footage)
Les messages de Fritz Lang
2003
Little Dorrit
1987
as Mrs. Clennam
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Selina Hazy
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986
as Interviewee
Past Caring
1986
as Stella
Girls On Top
1985
as Lady Carlton
Ellis Island
1984
as Madame Levitska
Country
1981
as Dollie van der Biek
Triangle
1981
as Judith Harper
The Flame Is Love
1979
as Duchess of Grantham
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Emma Adkins
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
as Beryl Stapleton
The Water Babies
1978
as Lady Harriet
The Uncanny
1977
as Miss Malkin (segment "London 1912")
Shadows
1975
as Rose
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as Lettice Mason
The Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Maria Beadnell
The Main Chance
1969
as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
Barbarella
1968
as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
1968
as Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Aunt Frances Ferris
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mrs. Suez
Tom Jones
1963
as Lady Bellaston
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
Mysterious Island
1961
as Lady Mary Fairchild
Hest på sommerferie
1959
as Narrator
Stage Struck
1958
as Rita Vernon
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Claire
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Antonia
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Ann Veronica
Moonfleet
1955
as Lady Clarista Ashwood
Father Brown
1954
as Lady Warren
Monsieur Ripois
1954
as Norah
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952
as Gwendolen Fairfax
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Daphne Birnley
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951
as Susan
Young Wives' Tale
1951
as Sabina Pennant
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Wilhelmina Cameron
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ann Whitefield
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as Sibella
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Peggy Macroon
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
as Lady Caroline Lamb
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
as Sophie Dorothea
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The October Man
1947
as Jenny Carden
The White Unicorn
1947
as Lottie Smith
The Man Within
1947
as Elizabeth
Frenzy
1946
as Christine
They Knew Mr. Knight
1946
as Ruth Blake
A Girl in a Million
1946
as Gay Sultzman
The Gentle Sex
1943
as Betty Miller
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
He Found a Star
1941
as Babe Cavour
My Wife's Family
1941
as Irma Bagshott
John Smith Wakes Up
1941