Joan Greenwood
Acting • Born 1921-03-04 – Died 1987-02-27
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
52 credits
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1952
Gwendolen Fairfax
Tom Jones
Movie • 1963
Lady Bellaston
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie • 1949
Sibella
The Man in the White Suit
Movie • 1951
Daphne Birnley
Moonfleet
Movie • 1955
Lady Clarista Ashwood
The Moon-Spinners
Movie • 1964
Aunt Frances Ferris
Whisky Galore!
Movie • 1949
Peggy Macroon
Little Dorrit
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Clennam
The October Man
Movie • 1947
Jenny Carden
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie • 1948
Sophie Dorothea
Mysterious Island
Movie • 1961
Lady Mary Fairchild
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
Movie • 1951
Susan
The Ealing Comedies
Movie • 1970
Self
The Gentle Sex
Movie • 1943
Betty Miller
The Uncanny
Movie • 1977
Miss Malkin (segment "London 1912")
Father Brown
Movie • 1954
Lady Warren
Girl Stroke Boy
Movie • 1971
Lettice Mason
Stage Struck
Movie • 1958
Rita Vernon
Frenzy
Movie • 1946
Christine
Young Wives' Tale
Movie • 1951
Sabina Pennant
They Knew Mr. Knight
Movie • 1946
Ruth Blake
The White Unicorn
Movie • 1947
Lottie Smith
The Amorous Prawn
Movie • 1962
Lady Dodo Fitzadam
A Girl in a Million
Movie • 1946
Gay Sultzman
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Movie • 1943
Hest på sommerferie
Movie • 1959
Narrator
He Found a Star
Movie • 1941
Babe Cavour
Country
Movie • 1981
Dollie van der Biek
The Man Within
Movie • 1947
Elizabeth
The Bad Lord Byron
Movie • 1949
Lady Caroline Lamb
Barbarella
Movie • 1968
The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
Flesh and Blood
Movie • 1951
Wilhelmina Cameron
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Movie • 1986
Interviewee
Monsieur Ripois
Movie • 1954
Norah
Past Caring
Movie • 1986
Stella
The Flame Is Love
Movie • 1979
Duchess of Grantham
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1978
Beryl Stapleton
The Water Babies
Movie • 1978
Lady Harriet
My Wife's Family
Movie • 1941
Irma Bagshott
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Movie • 1970
Maria Beadnell
Triangle
TV • 1981
Judith Harper
Girls On Top
TV • 1985
Lady Carlton
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Emma Adkins
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Ann Whitefield
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Mrs. Hilary Wenn
Ellis Island
TV • 1984
Madame Levitska
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
TV • 1987
Selina Hazy
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
The Jazz Age
TV • 1968
Mrs. Kent-Cumberland
Shadows
TV • 1975
Rose