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Joyce Grant
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Joyce Grant
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-01-23,Blomemfontein, South Africa
Gender
Female
Biography
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. 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.

Filmography

The Dancing Years

10

The Dancing Years
1976-01-01

Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver

0

Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
1964-06-05

0

The Apple Cart
1975-01-19

6.679

Sweeney!
1977-01-14

A Man of Morality

10

A Man of Morality
1976-08-13

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

The Professionals

7.564

The Professionals
1977-12-30

6.5

Hannay
1988-01-06

7.97

Blackadder
1983-06-15

6.667

Sykes
1972-09-14

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

Six Dates with Barker

7.4

Six Dates with Barker
1971-01-08

7

Centre Play
1973-07-19

5

Larry Grayson
1975-09-19