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Joyce Grant

23 Jan 1924Born
11 Jul 2006Died
82Age at death
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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 appeared in: The Happy Apple, Something’s Afoot, The Club, Deathtrap and Tonight at Eight-thirty.

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On television she was in Gideon's Way "How to Retire without Really Working".

She appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969 and played opposite Frankie Howerd on Broadway in Rockefeller and the Red Indians. In 1980, she appeared in the first episode of Hi-de-Hi! playing the mother of Jeffrey Fairbrother. In 1987, Joyce became a member of The National Theatre Company, appearing in three productions, Ting Tang Mine, Fathers and Sons and Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 1988, she played Aunt Em/Glinda in the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Wizard of Oz and Mother Superior in Black Adder S1E3-The Archbishop.She was in the episode Spy Probe of 'The Professionals' television series.

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Filmography

  1. 1988HannaySeries (1 episode)
  2. 1983BlackadderSeries: Mother Superior (1 episode)
  3. 1977The ProfessionalsSeries: Miss Walsh (1 episode)
  4. 1977Sweeney!Film: McQueen's Secretary
  5. 1976A Man of MoralityFilm: Miss Dickin
  6. 1976The Dancing YearsFilm: Cacille Kurt
  7. 1975Larry GraysonSeries: Madge (3 episodes)
  8. 1975The Apple CartFilm: Lysistrata
  9. 1974Village HallSeries: Mrs Birkett (1 episode)
  10. 1973Centre PlaySeries: Miss Dickin (1 episode)
  11. 1972SykesSeries: Mrs. Copperwell (1 episode)
  12. 1971Six Dates with BarkerSeries: Princess Hysteria (1 episode)
  13. 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries: Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Powermistress Lysistrata, Nurse Guinness (1 episode)
  14. 1965Gideon's WaySeries: Margaret Gresham (1 episode)
  15. 1964Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud CarverFilm: Madame Zora

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