Joan Greenwood
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).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.442 |
| Birthday | 1921-03-04 |
| Place of Birth | Chelsea, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Джоан Гринвуд, Joan Mary Waller Greenwood, |
1952
The Importance of Being Earnest
7.2/96
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1963
Tom Jones
5.952/197
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
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Tom Jones
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
7.679/520
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be bu...
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
1951
The Man in the White Suit
6.81/174
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune sell...
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The Man in the White Suit
1955
Moonfleet
6.399/99
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old frien...
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Moonfleet
1964
The Moon-Spinners
5.8/51
Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is...
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The Moon-Spinners
1949
Whisky Galore!
6.828/122
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
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Whisky Galore!
1947
The October Man
6.152/23
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found...
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The October Man
1987
Little Dorrit
6.4/11
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young sea...
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Little Dorrit
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
5.9/13
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of E...
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
1961
Mysterious Island
6.5/178
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They mus...
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Mysterious Island
1951
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
6.155/42
A simple civil servant Léon, who has the unusual ability to walk through walls, falls madly in love with a hotel thief by the name of Susan. He poses...
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Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1943
The Gentle Sex
7/10
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...
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The Gentle Sex
1977
The Uncanny
5.8/49
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate atte...
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The Uncanny
1954
Father Brown
6.146/24
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
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Father Brown
1971
Girl Stroke Boy
5.8/5
Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.
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Girl Stroke Boy
1958
Stage Struck
6/14
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as sh...
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Stage Struck
1946
Frenzy
4.2/3
A seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.
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Frenzy
1951
Young Wives' Tale
4.8/9
A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one o...
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Young Wives' Tale
1946
They Knew Mr. Knight
5.9/4
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing fri...
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They Knew Mr. Knight
1947
The White Unicorn
7.5/1
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
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The White Unicorn
1962
The Amorous Prawn
6.5/2
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in or...
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The Amorous Prawn
1946
A Girl in a Million
5.5/2
A man gets divorced from a nagging wife meets a girl in a million. Or is she?
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A Girl in a Million
1941
He Found a Star
0/0
A talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients.
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He Found a Star
1981
Country
0/0
In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the famil...
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Country
1947
The Man Within
5.7/3
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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The Man Within
1949
The Bad Lord Byron
5.5/4
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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The Bad Lord Byron
1968
Barbarella
6/697
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual peop...
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Barbarella
1951
Flesh and Blood
0/0
Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various con...
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Flesh and Blood
1986
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
5/1
Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
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Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1954
Monsieur Ripois
6/14
While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend, Patricia, over...
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Monsieur Ripois
1986
Past Caring
0/0
67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.
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Past Caring
1979
The Flame Is Love
0/0
In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American heiress, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke,...
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The Flame Is Love
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.5/23
The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to un...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
The Water Babies
6/12
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young ap...
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The Water Babies
1970
The Ealing Comedies
0/0
The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.
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The Ealing Comedies
1943
Save Your Shillings and Smile
0/0
Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.
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Save Your Shillings and Smile
1959
Hest på sommerferie
0/0
The milk driver Hans loves his horse Snow White so much that he takes it on holiday to the Danish summer country. Along the way, they are joined by a...
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Hest på sommerferie
1983
Wagner
0/0
A huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King...
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