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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

10

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-01-23

Deathday

2006-07-11 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Blomemfontein, South Africa

Joyce Grant

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.

Known For

Blackadder
8.0%

Blackadder

Jun 15, 1983

The Professionals
7.4%

The Professionals

Dec 30, 1977

Sweeney!
6.8%

Sweeney!

Jan 14, 1977

Sykes
6.4%

Sykes

Sep 14, 1972

Gideon's Way
6.8%

Gideon's Way

Mar 18, 1965

Hannay
5.0%

Hannay

Jan 6, 1988

TDY
0.0%

The Dancing Years

Jan 1, 1976

TAC
0.0%

The Apple Cart

Jan 19, 1975

A Man of Morality
0.0%

A Man of Morality

Aug 13, 1976

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Acting

1988
Hannay
1983
Blackadder as Mother Superior
1977
The Professionals as Miss Walsh
1977
Sweeney! as McQueen's Secretary
1976
A Man of Morality as Miss Dickin
1976
The Dancing Years as Cacille Kurt
1975
The Apple Cart as Lysistrata
1972
Sykes as Mrs. Copperwell
1965
Gideon's Way as Margaret Gresham
1964
Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver as Madame Zora
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