Joan Greenwood

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Greenwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Popularity : 2.097
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1921-03-04
  • Place of Birth : Chelsea, London, England, UK
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Joan Greenwood Movies

  • 1952
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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    7.2 1952 HD

    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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  • 1963
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    Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

    5.916 1963 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    7.67 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

    6.8 1951 HD

    The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune...

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  • 1955
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    Moonfleet

    Moonfleet

    6.4 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    The Moon-Spinners

    The Moon-Spinners

    5.7 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    6.8 1949 HD

    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,...

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  • 1987
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    Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    6.5 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    The October Man

    The October Man

    6.2 1947 HD

    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...

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  • 1948
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    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    5.9 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 1961
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    Mysterious Island

    Mysterious Island

    6.5 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    Mr. Peek-a-Boo

    Mr. Peek-a-Boo

    6.2 1951 HD

    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....

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  • 1970
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    The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

    1 1970 HD

    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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  • 1943
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    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    7 1943 HD

    During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling,...

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  • 1977
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    The Uncanny

    The Uncanny

    5.9 1977 HD

    Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate...

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  • 1954
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    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    6.2 1954 HD

    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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  • 1971
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    Girl Stroke Boy

    Girl Stroke Boy

    5.8 1971 HD

    Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.

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  • 1958
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    Stage Struck

    Stage Struck

    6 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    Frenzy

    Frenzy

    4.2 1946 HD

    A spooky seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.

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  • 1951
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    Young Wives' Tale

    Young Wives' Tale

    4.8 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    They Knew Mr. Knight

    They Knew Mr. Knight

    5.7 1946 HD

    After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

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  • 1947
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    The White Unicorn

    The White Unicorn

    7.5 1947 HD

    In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.

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  • 1962
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    The Amorous Prawn

    The Amorous Prawn

    6.333 1962 HD

    While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in...

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  • 1946
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    A Girl in a Million

    A Girl in a Million

    5.5 1946 HD

    A man gets divorced from a nagging wife meets a girl in a million. Or is she?

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  • 1943
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    Save Your Shillings and Smile

    Save Your Shillings and Smile

    1 1943 HD

    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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  • 1959
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    Hest på sommerferie

    Hest på sommerferie

    1 1959 HD

    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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  • 1941
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    He Found a Star

    He Found a Star

    1 1941 HD

    A talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients.

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  • 1981
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    Country

    Country

    7 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    5.7 1947 HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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  • 1949
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    The Bad Lord Byron

    The Bad Lord Byron

    5.5 1949 HD

    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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  • 1968
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    Barbarella

    Barbarella

    5.962 1968 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    Flesh and Blood

    Flesh and Blood

    1 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

    Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

    5 1986 HD

    Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.

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  • 1954
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    Monsieur Ripois

    Monsieur Ripois

    6.1 1954 HD

    While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend,...

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  • 1986
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    Past Caring

    Past Caring

    1 1986 HD

    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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  • 1979
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    The Flame Is Love

    The Flame Is Love

    1 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    4.6 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Water Babies

    The Water Babies

    5.929 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    My Wife's Family

    My Wife's Family

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1981
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    Triangle

    Triangle

    5.5 1981 HD

    Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg...

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  • 1985
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    Girls On Top

    Girls On Top

    4.833 1985 HD

    Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist.

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  • 1979
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    Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1979 HD

    A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1968
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    The Jazz Age

    The Jazz Age

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

    8 1969 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden...

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  • 1984
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    Ellis Island

    Ellis Island

    5 1984 HD

    Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard...

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  • 1987
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    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    7.3 1987 HD

    There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer Bess Sedgwick is the prime suspect.

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  • 1984
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    Miss Marple

    Miss Marple

    8 1984 HD

    Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan...

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