7.0
7.0
Letter from Home
1941
as Mrs Rogers
Joyce Grenfell
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Joyce Irene Grenfell (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo shows. She never appeared as a stage actress, but had roles, mostly comic, in many films, including Miss Gossage in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and Police Sergeant Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's series (from 1954). She was a well-known broadcaster on radio and television. As a writer, she was the first radio critic for The Observer, contributed to Punch and published two volumes of memoirs. Born to an affluent Anglo-American family, Grenfell had abandoned early hopes of becoming an actress until she was invited to perform a comic monologue in a West End revue in 1939. Its success led to a career as an entertainer, giving her creations in theatres in five continents between 1940 and 1969.
Filmography (26 movies)
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Designing Women
1948
as Miss Arty
6.9
6.9
The Million Pound Note
1954
as Duchess of Cromarty
6.8
6.8
Stage Fright
1950
as 'Lovely Ducks'
6.7
6.7
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Mrs. Leo Hunter
6.6
6.6
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Mrs. Barham
6.6
6.6
Genevieve
1953
as Hotel Proprietress
6.6
6.6
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
as Sgt. Ruby Gates
6.6
6.6
Poet's Pub
1949
as Miss Horsefell-Hughes
6.5
6.5
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Miss Gossage: Staff of St. Swithin's
6.4
6.4
Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Lady Flavia Queensway
6.4
6.4
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960
as Sergeant Ruby Gates
6.4
6.4
Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Elizabeth Robson
6.3
6.3
The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Sybil Paulson
6.3
6.3
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
as P.W. Sgt. Ruby Gates
6.2
6.2
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Aunt Florence
6.0
6.0
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Hortense Astor
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6.0
Scrapbook for 1933
1950
as (voice)
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6.0
The Galloping Major
1951
as Maggie
6.0
6.0
A Run for Your Money
1949
as Mrs Pargiter
5.9
5.9
The Old Dark House
1963
as Agatha Femm
5.4
5.4
The Lamp Still Burns
1943
as Dr. Barrett
5.4
5.4
Alice in Wonderland
1949
as Ugly Duchess / Dormouse
The Good Companions
1957
as Lady Parlitt
While the Sun Shines
1947
as Daphne
To See Such Fun
1977
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