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Joyce Howard is a Actor British born on 28 february 1922
Joyce Howard (28 February 1922, London – 23 November 2010, Santa Monica, California) was an English actress, writer and film executive.
After studying at RADA, she was spotted by film director Anthony Asquith in a play at London's Embassy Theatre. He cast the 19-year-old in Freedom Radio (1941), and starring roles in films followed, including opposite James Mason in The Night Has Eyes and They Met in the Dark, the former winning her rave reviews. She was also active in theatre, including Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic and in A Streetcar Named Desire. She performed in London throughout World War II, even as Nazis were bombing the city. In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a writer. She wrote three well-received novels, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) and Going On (2000). She also wrote plays, including Broken Silence, which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964. Although the couple eventually separated, Howard remained in California. To support her family as a single mother, she embarked on a third career as a story analyst for network television. She was promoted to executive and story editor at Paramount Pictures and Paramount TV, eventually becoming responsible for property acquisition and development. She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard also collated, edited and wrote an introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).
Après l'étude à la RADA, elle a été découverte par le réalisateur Anthony Asquith dans une pièce jouée au Théâtre d'Ambassade de Londres. Il a envoyé la jeune personne de 19 ans à la Radio de Liberté (en 1941) et la mit en vedette dans plusieurs rôles, notamment The Night Has Eyes ou They Met in the Dark.
Elle était aussi active dans le théâtre ; elle a notamment joué dans une représentation de Roméo et Juliette au Old Vic. Elle s'est produite partout à Londres durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, au moment où les Nazis bombardaient la ville.
En 1950, après 13 films, elle s'est plus ou moins retirée de la vie cinématographique pour agir pour élever ses trois enfants, qu'elle a eu avec Basil Sydney. Elle a écrit trois romans qui furent relativement bien reçus, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) et Going On (2000). Elle a aussi écrit des pièces de théâtre, y comme Broken Silence, qui a été produit par la BBC. Après son divorce de Sydney, Howard épouse un psychanalyste américain, Joel Shor, et part en Californie en 1964.
Bien que le couple se soit finalement séparé, Howard est resté en Californie. Pour soutenir sa famille dans sa condition de mère célibataire, elle s'est embarquée dans une troisième carrière comme un analyste d'histoire pour la télévision. Elle a été promue au cadre et rédactrice d'histoire à la Paramounts Pictures et à la Paramount TV, devenant finalement responsable de l'acquisition de propriété et le développement.
Elle a aussi continué à écrire pour la télévision et a écrit des traitements originaux pour certaines séries.
À la demande de la veuve d'Henry Miller, Howard a collaboré, édité et écrit une introduction aux Letters by Henry Miller à Hoki to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).
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Joyce Howard
After studying at RADA, she was spotted by film director Anthony Asquith in a play at London's Embassy Theatre. He cast the 19-year-old in Freedom Radio (1941), and starring roles in films followed, including opposite James Mason in The Night Has Eyes and They Met in the Dark, the former winning her rave reviews. She was also active in theatre, including Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic and in A Streetcar Named Desire. She performed in London throughout World War II, even as Nazis were bombing the city. In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a writer. She wrote three well-received novels, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) and Going On (2000). She also wrote plays, including Broken Silence, which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964. Although the couple eventually separated, Howard remained in California. To support her family as a single mother, she embarked on a third career as a story analyst for network television. She was promoted to executive and story editor at Paramount Pictures and Paramount TV, eventually becoming responsible for property acquisition and development. She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard also collated, edited and wrote an introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).
Biography
La carrière cinématographique de Joyce Howard, au cours de laquelle elle a partagé l'affiche à deux reprises avec James Mason, a duré de 1941 à 1950. Elle s'est ensuite lancée dans l'écriture de romans.Après l'étude à la RADA, elle a été découverte par le réalisateur Anthony Asquith dans une pièce jouée au Théâtre d'Ambassade de Londres. Il a envoyé la jeune personne de 19 ans à la Radio de Liberté (en 1941) et la mit en vedette dans plusieurs rôles, notamment The Night Has Eyes ou They Met in the Dark.
Elle était aussi active dans le théâtre ; elle a notamment joué dans une représentation de Roméo et Juliette au Old Vic. Elle s'est produite partout à Londres durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, au moment où les Nazis bombardaient la ville.
En 1950, après 13 films, elle s'est plus ou moins retirée de la vie cinématographique pour agir pour élever ses trois enfants, qu'elle a eu avec Basil Sydney. Elle a écrit trois romans qui furent relativement bien reçus, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) et Going On (2000). Elle a aussi écrit des pièces de théâtre, y comme Broken Silence, qui a été produit par la BBC. Après son divorce de Sydney, Howard épouse un psychanalyste américain, Joel Shor, et part en Californie en 1964.
Bien que le couple se soit finalement séparé, Howard est resté en Californie. Pour soutenir sa famille dans sa condition de mère célibataire, elle s'est embarquée dans une troisième carrière comme un analyste d'histoire pour la télévision. Elle a été promue au cadre et rédactrice d'histoire à la Paramounts Pictures et à la Paramount TV, devenant finalement responsable de l'acquisition de propriété et le développement.
Elle a aussi continué à écrire pour la télévision et a écrit des traitements originaux pour certaines séries.
À la demande de la veuve d'Henry Miller, Howard a collaboré, édité et écrit une introduction aux Letters by Henry Miller à Hoki to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).
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Shadow of the Past (1950)
Directed by Mario Zampi
Actors Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, Michael Medwin, Wylie Watson, Marie Ney, Ronald Adam
Roles Lady in Black
Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
, 1h39Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks, Margaretta Scott, Mary Clare, Wanda Rotha, Frederick Valk
Roles Maria Fitzherbert
Rating56%
The Prince Regent falls in love with Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Catholic widow, but because of their great social divide, she laughs at his advances. The distraught prince responds with a suicide attempt. Mrs. Fitzherbert feels compassion, and the couple are secretly married. Unfortunately, their secret soon becomes the stuff of gossip and rumour, and when this threatens the relationship between the prince and the king, the prince denies his marriage. The jilted Mrs. Fitzherbert then runs away, and the prince marries the woman to whom he was originally betrothed.
Appointment with Crime (1946)
, 1h32Directed by John Harlow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors William Hartnell, Raymond Lovell, Alan Wheatley, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Joyce Howard
Roles Carol Dane
Rating62%
Leo Martin (Hartnell) works for a criminal gang run by Gus Loman (Lovell) that primarily uses a smash and grab tactic. During one particular risky robbery heist, Leo breaks the window at a jewelry store only to have his wrists broken by a gate falling. He is soon caught and brought to prison to serve his term. Throughout his stay, Leo does not reveal who he is working for to the authorities but instead serves his time angered by Gus for running out on him during the robbery.
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
, 1h33Directed by Norman Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne, Joyce Howard, Joan Greenwood, Peter Hammond, Marie Ault
Roles Freda Blake
Rating61%
The Gentle Sex (1943)
, 1h32Directed by Leslie Howard, Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Rosamund John, Lilli Palmer, John Justin
Roles Anne Lawrence
Rating62%
The documentary-drama follows seven women from different backgrounds who meet at an Auxiliary Territorial Service training camp. "Gentle" British girls, now doing their bit to help out in WW II: drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries. Leslie Howard provides narration through the course of the film.
They Met in the Dark (1943)
, 1h44Directed by Karel Lamač
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls, Edward Rigby, Ronald Ward, David Farrar
Roles Laura Verity
Rating61%
Back-Room Boy (1942)
, 1h22Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Vera Frances, Joyce Howard
Roles Betty
Rating61%
Arthur Askey plays meteorologist Arthur Pilbeam who is jilted by his fiancée Betty because he has to speed back to the BBC every hour, on the hour due to his internationally vital job of creating the BBC pips. As he cannot be fired during wartime and wanting to avoid all women, he is assigned the solitary job of sending weather reports from a remote Scottish lighthouse. Before taking a boat from the mainland during the four hours of daylight that are available for the time of year, the locals warn him he will go mad from isolation and the curse of a mermaid within a month as others have.
The Night Has Eyes (1942)
, 1h19Directed by Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Joyce Howard, Mary Clare, Dorothy Black, Amy Dalby
Roles Marian Ives
Rating61%
Two young teachers travel to the Yorkshire Moors where their friend disappeared a year before. Before long they have encountered the man they believe to be her murderer.
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
Directed by Paul L. Stein, Harold French
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Joyce Howard, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Rating65%
A drama about two sisters, Jacqueline and June, who are very close and stand by each other, even though their stories separates them. The older sister, Jacqueline (Carla Lehmann), has a sexually liberal backstory, and the younger is quite unspolied by life. The story picks up when Jacqueline travels to the French Riviera to change scenery, look for new adventures and search for an eligible bachelor who has no prir knwledge about her frivolous past. Soon she finds a suitable man, Doctor Michael Thomas (Hugh Williams), and they get married. Eventually Jacqueline is haunted by her past, as her picture turns up in a tabloid newspaper, and her husband catches a glimpse of his new bride's flamboyant previous mistakes. Jacqueline's younger sister, June (Joyce Howard), decides to help her older sister out to save her marriage from falling apart. She takes the blame and tells Michael that she is the one who has fooled around in the recent past. However, this information gives her problems of her own, as it finds its way to her own romantic interests, and threatens to destroy her own love life. The story ends with the older sister ultimately confessing her past to her husband and the other parties to the conflict, saving her sister with the truth.
Love on the Dole (1941)
, 1h34Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall, Joyce Howard, Frank Cellier
Roles Helen
Rating65%
The film is set in Hanky Park, a fictional settlement based on Salford, at the height of the Great Depression.
The Common Touch (1941)
, 1h44Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard, Edward Rigby, Eliot Makeham, George Carney, Raymond Lovell
Roles Mary
Rating64%
An eccentric, wealthy young man disguises himself as a tramp in order to save a dosshouse, which is due to be condemned.
Freedom Radio (1941)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Anderson, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley, Derek Farr, Joyce Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford
Roles Elly Schmidt
Rating64%
An eminent Viennese doctor in Germany becomes increasingly disillusioned with the oppressive brutality of the Nazis. His wife however, is flattered by the attentions of the Führer, and accepts a political post in Berlin. At first the doctor does nothing as his friends "disappear", but eventually, with the aid of an engineer, he creates a secret radio station where he broadcasts condemnations of Hitler and prays for a "better" Germany to arise from the ashes of his ruined country. The birth of "Freedom Radio" sees the creation of an underground group of anti-Nazis who regard Karl as their leader.