Joan Greenwood

Born: 1921-03-04

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


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as The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1968-10-10

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil...

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Tom Jones

as Lady Bellaston
Released: 1963-08-24

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...

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Kind Hearts and Coronets

as Sibella
Released: 1949-06-21

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her...

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Mysterious Island

as Lady Mary Fairchild
Released: 1961-12-19

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific...

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The Water Babies

as Lady Harriet
Released: 1978-06-23

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...

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The Importance of Being Earnest

as Gwendolen Fairfax
Released: 1952-06-02

Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as...

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Moonfleet

as Lady Clarista Ashwood
Released: 1955-06-24

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the...

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The Moon-Spinners

as Aunt Frances Ferris
Released: 1964-07-08

Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less...

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Whisky Galore!

as Peggy Macroon
Released: 1949-06-16

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S...

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The Man in the White Suit

as Daphne Birnley
Released: 1951-08-07

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be...

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Mr. Peek-a-Boo

as Susan
Released: 1951-04-06

A simple civil servant Léon, who has the unusual ability to walk through walls, falls madly in...

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Little Dorrit

as Mrs. Clennam
Released: 1987-12-11

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...

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Girl Stroke Boy

as Lettice Mason
Released: 1971-08-12

Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant,...

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Monsieur Ripois

as Norah
Released: 1954-09-30

While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his...

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The Uncanny

as Miss Malkin
Released: 1977-08-24

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural...

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Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Sophie Dorothea
Released: 1948-10-04

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Beryl Stapleton
Released: 1978-10-01

The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville...

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Father Brown

as Lady Warren
Released: 1954-06-08

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...

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The Gentle Sex

as Betty Miller
Released: 1943-05-23

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the...

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The White Unicorn

as Lottie Smith
Released: 1947-10-29

In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.

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The October Man

as Jenny Carden
Released: 1947-08-28

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a...

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Country

as Dollie van der Biek
Released: 1981-10-20

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the...

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Flesh and Blood

as Wilhelmina Cameron
Released: 1951-03-06

Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...

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The Flame Is Love

as Duchess of Grantham
Released: 1979-10-15

In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American...

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Stage Struck

as Rita Vernon
Released: 1958-04-22

A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but...

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Past Caring

as Stella
Released: 1986-11-02

67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old...

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Young Wives' Tale

as Sabina Pennant
Released: 1951-11-01

A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations...

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They Knew Mr. Knight

as Ruth Blake
Released: 1946-03-05

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on...

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The Amorous Prawn

as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
Released: 1962-11-26

While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence...

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The Ealing Comedies

as Self
Released: 1970-09-08

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and...

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The Bad Lord Byron

as Lady Caroline Lamb
Released: 1949-04-18

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to...

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The Man Within

as Elizabeth
Released: 1947-05-19

A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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He Found a Star

as Babe Cavour
Released: 1941-09-20

A talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients.

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Save Your Shillings and Smile

as uncredited
Released: 1943-01-01

Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Emma Adkins
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Main Chance

as Mrs. Hilary Wenn
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Girls On Top

as Lady Carlton
First aired: 1985-10-23

Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ann Whitefield
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Triangle

as Judith Harper
First aired: 1981-01-05

Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which...

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Ellis Island

as Madame Levitska
First aired: 1984-11-11

Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television...

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Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as Selina Hazy
First aired: 1987-01-25

There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer...

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