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Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark.
Joan Greenwood, of the plummy feline voice, was born in the well-to-do London district of Chelsea, the daughter of renowned portrait painter Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood (1887-1949). Dancing from the age of eight, she took ballet lessons and later enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
- March 4, 1921
- February 28, 1987
Jason Morell remembers Joan Greenwood, his dear Mama, 100 years after she was born. My mother could stop a black cab at a hundred yards. I witnessed her doing it in 1978, across the entire width of Trafalgar Square.
Joan Greenwood, of the plummy feline voice, was born in the well-to-do London district of Chelsea, the daughter of renowned portrait painter Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood (1887-1949). Dancing from the age of eight, she took ballet lessons and later enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
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- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
Mar 5, 1987 · Joan Greenwood, husky-voiced star of British film classics of the 1940s, has died at her London home, her son said Monday. She was 65.
Joan Greenwood (1921 - 1987) It was the voice that set her apart. Husky, plummy, sexy. It cut through her essential gentility and made her seem like a woman of the world even when she was playing it innocent.
The irresistible leading lady of some of the most enduring British films, seductive of voice, face and figure, searching the language - and indeed the world - for booby traps, Greenwood's performance record must be nearly unrivalled among British leading ladies.
