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Joan Lorring is a Actor American born on 17 april 1926 at Hong Kong (Chine)

Joan Lorring

Joan Lorring
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Birth name Madeline Ellis
Nationality USA
Birth 17 april 1926 at Hong Kong (Chine)
Death 30 may 2014 (at 88 years) at Sleepy Hollow (USA)

Joan Lorring (April 17, 1926 – May 30, 2014) was an American actress.

Usually with

Rosalind Ivan
Rosalind Ivan
(3 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(3 films)
Peter Whitney
Peter Whitney
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joan Lorring (13 films)

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Actress

The Midnight Man, 1h54
Directed by Burt Lancaster, Roland Kibbee
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Lauter, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin
Roles Judy Willinger
Rating63% 3.194723.194723.194723.194723.19472
A former Chicago policeman, Jim Slade (Lancaster), has just been released on parole from prison for shooting his wife's lover in their bed. He goes to live with friends, Quartz (Cameron Mitchell) and wife Judy Joan Lorring, in a small town where he has been offered a job (part of his parole agreement) as a night watchman at Jordan College.
Stranger on the Prowl, 1h30
Directed by Joseph Losey, Bernard Vorhaus, Andrea Forzano
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Paul Muni, Arnoldo Foà, Joan Lorring, Giuseppe Addobbati, Beatrice Mancini, Aldo Silvani
Roles Angela, a lonely woman
Rating64% 3.23673.23673.23673.23673.2367
A disillusioned vagrant (Paul Muni) accidentally kills a shop owner, and is joined by a rebellious youngster in his flight from apprehension.
The Big Night, 1h15
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Isabella Rossellini, Howard St. John, Myron Daniel Healey
Roles Marion Rostina
Rating63% 3.151963.151963.151963.151963.15196
On his teenaged son Georgie's birthday, Andy LaMain is beaten with a cane by Al Judge, a crippled newspaperman. He does not fight back, confusing Georgie, who also wonders why his widower Dad's girlfriend Frances did not come to the birthday party.
Good Sam
Good Sam (1948)
, 1h54
Directed by Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Clinton Sundberg
Roles Shirley Mae
Rating62% 3.146663.146663.146663.146663.14666
Sam Clayton is too good for his own good. A sermon by Rev. Daniels persuades him to help others in every way he can, including his wife Lu's good-for-nothing brother, Claude, who's been living with them rent-free for six months, and their neighbors the Butlers, who need a car for a vacation when theirs breaks down.
The Other Love, 1h35
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte, Gilbert Roland, Joan Lorring, Lenore Aubert
Roles Celestine
Rating60% 3.049773.049773.049773.049773.04977
Célèbre pianiste atteinte d'une maladie pulmonaire, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) décide de fuir la clinique du Dr Stanton (David Niven) pour vivre ses derniers jours avec un coureur automobile (Richard Conte).
The Gangster, 1h24
Directed by Gordon Wiles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff, Harry Morgan, John Ireland
Roles Dorothy
Rating64% 3.2405353.2405353.2405353.2405353.240535
Shubunka is a racketeer, at odds with Cornell, a rival. Shubunka has a girlfriend, Nancy Starr, a showgirl, and offers protection to a New York beachfront cafe owned by Nick Jammey.
The Lost Moment, 1h29
Directed by Martin Gabel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Romance
Actors Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Archer
Roles Amelia
Rating68% 3.442573.442573.442573.442573.44257
A publisher, Lewis Venable, travels from New York to Venice, seeking to buy the 19th Century love letters of the late poet Jeffrey Ashton (whose portrait looks suspiciously like Percy Bysshe Shelley) to a woman named Juliana Bordereau. He learns from a living poet, Charles Russell, that, amazingly, Juliana is still alive at 105.
The Gangster, 1h24
Directed by Gordon Wiles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, Harry Morgan
Roles Dorothy
Rating64% 3.2405353.2405353.2405353.2405353.240535
Shubunka (Barry Sullivan) exerce le métieur de racketteur dans un quartier de New York, aidé par son associé Nick Jamey (Akim Tamiroff). Pourtant, depuis bien trop longtemps, il délaisse ses affaires au profit de sa relation avec Nancy Starr (Belita), une chanteuse de cabaret. Son activité est ménacé par les ambitions d'un rival venant d'un quartier voisin, Cornell (Sheldon Leonard).
Three Strangers, 1h32
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joan Lorring, Robert Shayne
Roles Icey Crane
Rating69% 3.4934753.4934753.4934753.4934753.493475
Crystal Shackleford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) lures two strangers, solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and charming and erudite drunkard Johnny West (Peter Lorre) to her London flat on Chinese New Year in 1938 because of her belief that if three strangers make the same wish to an idol of Kwan Yin, Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny, the wish will be granted. Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold on to it until the race is run. Shackleford would use the money to try to win her estranged husband back, Arbutny to smooth the way for his selection to the prestigious Barrister's Club, and Johnny to buy a bar and live in it.
The Verdict, 1h26
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh
Roles Lottie Rawson
Rating71% 3.5920953.5920953.5920953.5920953.592095
George Edward Grodman, a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard in 1890, makes a mistake in an investigation that causes the execution of an innocent man. He takes the blame for his error, is dismissed from his position as superintendent and replaced by the obnoxious and gloating John Buckley.
The Corn Is Green, 1h55
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, John Dall, Rhys Williams, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Lorring
Roles Bessie Watty
Rating72% 3.6459153.6459153.6459153.6459153.645915
Middle-aged Lily Cristobel Moffatt (Bette Davis) sets up a school in a Welsh coal mining town, despite the determined opposition of the local squire (Nigel Bruce). Eventually, she considers giving up. Then she discovers a promising student, Morgan Evans, a miner seemingly destined for a life of hard work and heavy drink. With renewed hope, she works hard to help him realise his potential.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1h47
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lynn Bari, Francis Lederer, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern, Donald Woods
Roles Pepita
Rating55% 2.765242.765242.765242.765242.76524
In the year of 1774, a hundred-year old bridge leading to the chapel of San Luis Rey in Peru, plunges into the deep chasm it spans, killing the five people who are crossing it. Brother Juniper (Donald Woods) is one of the chapel monks, whose faith is rocked by the unfortunate incident. He travels to Lima to seek answers to his questions why these five were chosen by God to die this violent death.
Song of Russia, 1h47
Directed by Gregory Ratoff, László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Robert Benchley, John Hodiak, Felix Bressart, Michael Chekhov
Roles Sonia
Rating58% 2.9075352.9075352.9075352.9075352.907535
American conductor John Meredith (Robert Taylor) and his manager, Hank Higgins (Robert Benchley), go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova (Susan Peters) while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Their bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.