Joan Haythorne
British actress (1915–1987)
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Joan Haythorne (12 April 1915 – 27 August 1987) was a British actress.[1][2]
Born
12 April 1915
Joan Haythornthwaite
12 April 1915
London, England
Died27 August 1987 aged 72
Richmond, London, England
AlmamaterRADA
OccupationActress
Joan Haythorne | |
|---|---|
Publicity still, 1956 | |
| Born | Joan Haythornthwaite 12 April 1915 London, England |
| Died | 27 August 1987 aged 72 Richmond, London, England |
| Alma mater | RADA |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | Jeremy Paul (Roche) |
Joan Haythorne was born Joan Haythornthwaite,[3] on 12 April 1915, London and died 27 August 1987, Richmond on Thames, Surrey.[4]
Her son was the screenwriter Jeremy Paul.[5]
Selected filmography
- School for Secrets (1946)
- Highly Dangerous (1950)
- Svengali (1954)
- The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
- The Feminine Touch (1956)
- Dry Rot (1956)
- Three Men in a Boat (1956)
- The Shakedown (1959)
- So Evil, So Young (1961)
- The Battleaxe (1962)
- Very Important Person (1961)
Selected television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Television Playwright | Tilda | Episode: "Walk on the Grass" |
| 1961-1962 | Richard the Lionheart | Queen Eleanor | 2 episodes |
| 1968 | Frontier | Mrs. Drew | Episode: "The Last of the Line" |
| 1969 | Dombey and Son | Mrs. Pipchin | 5 episodes |
| 1970 | Paul Temple | Mrs. Travers | Episode: "The Black Room" |
| 1971 | Justice | Laura Hale | Episode: "To Help an Old School Friend" |
| 1971 | ...And Mother Makes Three | Miss Campbell | Episode: "But How Can I Tell Them?" |
| 1972 | Spyder's Web | Mrs. Gibbes | Episode: "Nobody's Strawberry Fool" |
| 1974 | Thriller | Mother Superior | Episode: "Death to Sister Mary" |
| 1975 | Days of Hope | Mrs. Snowden | Episode: "1926: General Strike" |
| 1976 | Hadleigh | Mrs. Bragge | Episode: "Time Out" |
| 1977 | Raffles | Wealthy Lady | Episode: "The Chest of Silver" |
| 1977 | The Cedar Tree | Miss Gribble | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Mrs. Covenden | Episode: "A Lesson in Manners" |