Joan Greenwood
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
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil...
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
as SibellaWhen his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her...
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Whisky Galore!
as Peggy MacroonBased on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S...
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Mysterious Island
as Lady Mary FairchildDuring the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific...
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Tom Jones
as Lady BellastonTom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...
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The Man in the White Suit
as Daphne BirnleyThe unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be...
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The Moon-Spinners
as Aunt Frances FerrisYoung English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gwendolen FairfaxAlgernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as...
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Moonfleet
as Lady Clarista AshwoodSet in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the...
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The Uncanny
as Miss MalkinWilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural...
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Sophie DorotheaSophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of...
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The Water Babies
as Lady HarrietGrimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...
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Mr. Peek-a-Boo
as SusanA simple civil servant Léon, who has the unusual ability to walk through walls, falls madly in...
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Little Dorrit
as Mrs. ClennamA drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...
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Father Brown
as Lady WarrenWorks of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...
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Stage Struck
as Rita VernonA young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but...
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The Gentle Sex
as Betty MillerDuring the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the...
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The Man Within
as ElizabethA man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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Monsieur Ripois
as NorahWhile his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his...
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Young Wives' Tale
as Sabina PennantA post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Beryl StapletonThe death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville...
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The October Man
as Jenny CardenJim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a...
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The Amorous Prawn
as Lady Dodo FitzadamWhile her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence...
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The Bad Lord Byron
as Lady Caroline LambInjured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to...
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Country
as Dollie van der BiekIn 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the...
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Past Caring
as Stella67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old...
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The White Unicorn
as Lottie SmithIn a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
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The Flame Is Love
as Duchess of GranthamIn this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American...
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Girl Stroke Boy
as Lettice MasonMiddle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant,...
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Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as IntervieweeDocumentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
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The Ealing Comedies
as SelfThe story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and...
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Frenzy
as ChristineA spooky seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.
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They Knew Mr. Knight
as Ruth BlakeAfter a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on...
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Flesh and Blood
as Wilhelmina CameronBased upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...
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Save Your Shillings and Smile
as uncreditedTommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows...
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He Found a Star
as Babe CavourA talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients.
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My Wife's Family
as Irma BagshottA farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as uncreditedThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as Emma AdkinsA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Miss Marple
as Selina HazyMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Selina HazyThere's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer...
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The Main Chance
as Mrs. Hilary WennThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...
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Triangle
as Judith HarperTriangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ann WhitefieldHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Girls On Top
as Lady CarltonFour girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...
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Ellis Island
as Madame LevitskaEllis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television...
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