Joyce Grant
Birthday
1924/01/23
Day of death
2006/07/11 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Blomemfontein, South Africa
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1976) The Dancing Years
as Cacille Kurt
(1964) Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
as Madame Zora
(1975) The Apple Cart
as Lysistrata
(1977) Sweeney!
as McQueen's Secretary
(1976) A Man of Morality
as Miss Dickin
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Margaret Gresham
(1977) The Professionals
as Miss Walsh
(1988) Hannay
as ---
(1983) Blackadder
as Mother Superior
(1972) Sykes
as Mrs. Copperwell
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Powermistress Lysistrata
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Nurse Guinness