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Joan Greenwood

Highest Rated: 100% Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Birthday: Mar 4, 1921

Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England, UK

Offbeat, petite, uniquely plummy-voiced leading lady who graced several classic British comedies of the 1940s and 50s, including "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949), "The Man in the White Suit" (1951) and the screen version of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1952). The gifted Greenwood possessed a special blend of the aristocratic and the sultry which made her extremely useful for a time in British film; later she specialized in highly enjoyable character roles, still classy and authoritative but more eccentric than sexy, in films including "Mysterious Island" (1961) and "Tom Jones" (1963).

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Highest rated movies

100% 93% Kind Hearts and Coronets
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100% 81% The Man in the White Suit
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96% 84% Whisky Galore!
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88% 83% The Importance of Being Earnest
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83% 58% Tom Jones
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82% 64% Mysterious Island
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69% 70% Moonfleet
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57% 62% The Detective
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17% 22% The Uncanny
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0% 42% The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood YOUNG WIVES' TALE, from left, Guy Middleton, Audrey Hepburn, Nigel Patrick, Joan Greenwood, Derek Farr, Helen Cherry, 1951 YOUNG WIVES' TALE, Athene Seyler, Audrey Hepburn, Joan Greenwood, 1951 FATHER BROWN, (aka THE DETECTIVE), from left: Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Sid James, 1954 FATHER BROWN, (aka THE DETECTIVE), Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, 1954. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, 1949 MOONFLEET, from left: Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, 1955 YOUNG WIVES' TALE, Guy Middleton, Audrey Hepburn, Nigel Patrick, Joan Greenwood, Derek Farr, Helen Cherry, 1951 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, 1951 THE OCTOBER MAN, Joan Greenwood, John Mills, 1947 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 80% Little Dorrit Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story Mrs. Clennam (Character) $644.6K 1988
No Score Yet 83% Little Dorrit Part One: Nobody's Fault Mrs. Clennam (Character) - 1988
0% 42% The Hound of the Baskervilles Beryl Stapleton (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 70% The Water Babies Lady Harriet (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slip Slide Adventures Lady Harriet (Character) - 1978
17% 22% The Uncanny Miss Malkin (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl Stroke Boy Lettice Mason (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl/Boy Lettice Mason (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 61% The Moon-Spinners Aunt Frances Ferris (Character) - 1964
83% 58% Tom Jones Lady Bellaston (Character) $481.4K 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Amorous Mr. Prawn Lady Dodo Fitzadam (Character) - 1962
82% 64% Mysterious Island Lady Mary Fairchild (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 56% Stage Struck Rita Vernon (Character) - 1957
69% 70% Moonfleet Lady Clarista Ashwood (Character) - 1955
57% 62% The Detective Lady Warren (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovers, Happy Lovers! Norah (Character) - 1954
88% 83% The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax (Character) - 1952
100% 81% The Man in the White Suit Daphne Birnley (Character) $8.3K 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flesh and Blood Wilhelmina Cameron (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Peek-A-Boo Susan (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Wives' Tale Sabina Pennant (Character) - 1951
100% 93% Kind Hearts and Coronets Sibella Holland (Character) $35.9K 1949
96% 84% Whisky Galore! Peggy Macroon (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bad Lord Byron Lady Caroline Lamb (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 60% Saraband for Dead Lovers Sophie Dorothea (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 69% The October Man Jenny Carden (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Sister Lottie Smith (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Girl in a Million Gay Sultzman (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Latin Quarter Christine Minetti (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Knew Mr. Knight Ruth Blake (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 44% The Gentle Sex Betty Miller (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet He Found a Star Babe Cavour (Character) - 1941

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Melba Madame Mathilde Marchesi (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girls on Top Lady Chloe Carlton (Character) 1985-1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Emma Adkins (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1955