Joyce Grenfell

Actor

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Also Known As

Joyce Phipps

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

February 10, 1910

Died

November 30, 1979

Biography

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Former journalist and radio critic turned popular comedienne and revue performer who toured the world in her own one-woman show. With her sharp features and talent for refined gaucherie, she also graced a number of British films, debuting in 1943....

Filmography

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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)

The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Old Dark House (1963)

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1961)

Sgt. Ruby Gates

Happy Is the Bride (1958)

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)

Photos & Videos

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Belles Of St. Trinian's, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Send A Few Bottles Up

Old Dark House, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) The Morgan The Pirate?

Notes

She was named president of England's Society of Women Writers and Journalists (1957)

Biography

Former journalist and radio critic turned popular comedienne and revue performer who toured the world in her own one-woman show. With her sharp features and talent for refined gaucherie, she also graced a number of British films, debuting in 1943.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)

The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Old Dark House (1963)

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1961)

Sgt. Ruby Gates

Happy Is the Bride (1958)

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)

Man with a Million (1954)

Duchess of Cromarty

The Pickwick Papers (1954)

Forbidden Cargo (1954)

Genevieve (1954)

The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)

Sergeant Ruby Gates

The Galloping Major (1951)

The Magic Box (1951)

Laughter in Paradise (1951)

Elizabeth Robson

Stage Fright (1950)

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

Alice in Wonderland (1949)

Voice Of Ugly Duchess

A Run For Your Money (1949)

While the Sun Shines (1947)

Demi-Paradise (1943)

The Lamp Still Burns (1943)

Life Events

1939

Made London revue debut presenting her own monologues

1943

Film debut

Videos

Belles Of St. Trinian's, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Send A Few Bottles Up Police officer Ruby (Joyce Grenfell) has gotten hired under-cover as the new games-master, being shown around the school by kooky proprietress Millicent (Alastair Sim in drag, one of his two roles), finding out what goes on in the chem lab, not quite meeting in-house crook Harry (George Cole), in The Belles Of St. Trinian’s, 1954.

Old Dark House, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) The Morgan The Pirate? The Femms (Robert Morley as Roderick, Janette Scott as Cecily, Fenella Fielding as Morgana, Joyce Grenfell as Agatha) explain to American Tom (Poston) that they don't believe he's been sent to their English home by accident, in William Castle's re-make The Old Dark House, 1963.

Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) A Shakespeare, A Tolstoy And A Toothbrush At Trieste, 1941, Ingrid Bergman as international society widow Mrs. Millett has just purchased the car of the title, with her aide Hortense (Joyce Grenfell), their discussion of their trip to turbulent Yugoslavia overheard by handsome Davich (Omar Sharif), the third story in The Yellow Rolls-Royce. 1964.

Old Dark House, The (1963) -- (Deleted Scene) Last Chance! Tom Poston, Joyce Grenfell and the unhappy Robert Morley in William Castle's 1963 version of The Old Dark House, one of eight titles in the new William Castle Film Collection, available on DVD October 20th.

Stage Fright - (Original Trailer) Much Warner Bros.' promotion for star Jane Wyman, as an acting student who goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband in Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright, 1950.

Americanization of Emily, The - (Original Trailer) A British war widow (Julie Andrews) falls for an opportunistic American sailor (James Garner) during World War II.

Yellow Rolls-Royce, The - (Original Trailer) A classic car changes the lives of three sets of owners in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) starring Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine and Ingrid Bergman.

Bibliography

Notes

She was named president of England's Society of Women Writers and Journalists (1957)

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