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Joan Bruce is a Actor British born on 29 february 1928
Joan Bruce (born Joan Thompson) (February 29, 1928 – April 26, 2014) was an English-Australian actress born in Surrey, England to George and Olive Thompson, and taking the stage surname name of Bruce after her maternal grandmother.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, she appeared in repertory theatre in northern England from 1948, when after marrying first husband Frank Baden-Powell in 1954, they immigrated the following year to Perth, Australia and toured Oceania with the Australian Elizabeth Trust company in plays Separate Tables and Sleeping Prince, with her husband taking on the role of stage manager and Bruce acting. After returning to Perth to give birth to her daughters, she appeared in plays The Anniversary, Entertaining Mr. Sloane and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Lauded for her performances, she was considered one of Perth's finest actors. In Adelaide she featured in the production of Patrick White's Ham Funeral, and was awarded as actress of the year. Before taking the show to Sydney, she also was in the cast of Night on Bald Mountain, another play by Patrick White, before moving with her daughters to Sydney in 1968, and spending the next ten years working numerously including roles in The Entertainer, Travelling North, Heartbreak House, The Life and Times of Nicholas Appelby and Something Afoot.
She married her second husband Kenneth William in 1978, and subsequently appeared on television in roles in Chopper Squad and A Country Practice, before retiring in 1988. She was best known however for her long-running roles in the Australian soap opera Certain Women with Queenie Ashton and June Salter and for voicing the kangaroo in the 1977 children's animation/live action film Dot and the Kangaroo.
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Birth name Joan Thompson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 february 1928
Death 26 april 2014 (at 86 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 february 1928
Death 26 april 2014 (at 86 years)
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, she appeared in repertory theatre in northern England from 1948, when after marrying first husband Frank Baden-Powell in 1954, they immigrated the following year to Perth, Australia and toured Oceania with the Australian Elizabeth Trust company in plays Separate Tables and Sleeping Prince, with her husband taking on the role of stage manager and Bruce acting. After returning to Perth to give birth to her daughters, she appeared in plays The Anniversary, Entertaining Mr. Sloane and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Lauded for her performances, she was considered one of Perth's finest actors. In Adelaide she featured in the production of Patrick White's Ham Funeral, and was awarded as actress of the year. Before taking the show to Sydney, she also was in the cast of Night on Bald Mountain, another play by Patrick White, before moving with her daughters to Sydney in 1968, and spending the next ten years working numerously including roles in The Entertainer, Travelling North, Heartbreak House, The Life and Times of Nicholas Appelby and Something Afoot.
She married her second husband Kenneth William in 1978, and subsequently appeared on television in roles in Chopper Squad and A Country Practice, before retiring in 1988. She was best known however for her long-running roles in the Australian soap opera Certain Women with Queenie Ashton and June Salter and for voicing the kangaroo in the 1977 children's animation/live action film Dot and the Kangaroo.
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Sarah (1992)
, 1h10Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Animation
Themes Political films
Actors Mia Farrow, Jacki Weaver, Joan Bruce, Ron Haddrick, Shane Porteous
Rating60%
The story is about a little girl during the beginning of the Second World War. When the German soldiers invade, she and her family are forced to hide in the woods. When her grandmother gets sick, her father goes into town for medicine and disappears. Sarah goes out to pick berries and when she returns, the rest of her family is gone. Sarah is forced to survive alone in the woods with only the animals for company. One day she sees some resistance fighters attempt to destroy a bridge the Nazis use to transport weapons. When their attempt fails, she decides to destroy the bridge herself, hoping that her actions may end the war. Over time she is successful, but afterwards sadly realizes that what she has done will not end the war and walks away into the forest.
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
, 1h26Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Ron Haddrick, Joan Bruce, Ross Higgins, Spike Milligan, June Salter, Peter Gwynne
Roles The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
Rating69%
The Newman Shame (1977)
, 1h33Genres Thriller
Actors George Lazenby, Diane Craig, Joan Bruce
Roles Betty Newman
Rating70%
John Brandy (George Lazenby) is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger (Diane Craig) when he hears an old Perth banker friend of his, Frank Newman (Ken Goodlet), has committed suicide. He travels to Perth and discovers that Newman killed himself after being drugged at a party and found himself in a pornographic film; he was blackmailed and embezzled money to pay off his tormentors, but when the film was distributed anyway he decided to take his own life. Newman and Ginger decide to investigate who is behind the blackmail racket.
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
, 1h26Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Ron Haddrick, Robyn Moore, Ross Higgins, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter
Roles The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)
Rating69%
When 5-year-old Dot finds herself lost in the Australian bush, a red kangaroo who has lost her joey (baby kangaroo) promises to help her find her way home. In the process, the kangaroo introduces Dot to a number of other animals, teaching Dot a greater appreciation for nature.