Joyce Grant

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: Acting

Born: Blomemfontein, South Africa, 1924-01-23

Died: 2006-07-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver	Madame Zora	0
2	1975	The Apple Cart	Lysistrata	0
3	1976	The Dancing Years	Cacille Kurt	0
4	1976	A Man of Morality	Miss Dickin	0
5	1977	Sweeney!	McQueen's Secretary	68

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Gideon's Way	Margaret Gresham	68
2	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mrs. Eynsford-Hill	50
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Powermistress Lysistrata	50
4	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Nurse Guinness	50
5	1972	Sykes	Mrs. Copperwell	64
6	1977	The Professionals	Miss Walsh	74
7	1983	Blackadder	Mother Superior	80
8	1988	Hannay		50

Joyce Grant

Film

Television