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Joyce Carey

Date of birth: 1898-03-30

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Joyce Lilian Lawrence

Joyce Carey

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Joyce Carey, OBE (30 March 1898 – 28 February 1993) was a British actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1984, and she was performing on television in her nineties. Though never a star, she was a familiar face both on stage and screen. In addition to light comedy, she had a large repertory of Shakespearean roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joyce Carey  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Brief Encounter
3.9

Brief Encounter

1945-11-24

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is throw

Nearly a Nasty Accident
3.5

Nearly a Nasty Accident

1961-05-01

The RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything he

Blithe Spirit
3.5

Blithe Spirit

1945-04-05

A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

The Naked Edge
3.1

The Naked Edge

1961-06-28

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife rece

Father Dear Father
2.4

Father Dear Father

1973-05-25

After divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary age

The Astonished Heart
1.9

The Astonished Heart

1950-03-17

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton)

Cry, the Beloved Country
3

Cry, the Beloved Country

1951-11-16

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search fo

Greyfriars Bobby
3.5

Greyfriars Bobby

1961-07-17

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd

Alive and Kicking
3.5

Alive and Kicking

1959-07-13

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escap

The Eyes of Annie Jones
3.1

The Eyes of Annie Jones

1964-05-13

Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.

The Black Windmill
3.1

The Black Windmill

1974-05-17

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he ca

London Belongs to Me
3.5

London Belongs to Me

1948-11-05

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938

In Which We Serve
3.4

In Which We Serve

1942-09-17

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action

Number 27
0

Number 27

1988-10-23

Miss Barwick is 90 years old. She has lived peacefully in the same house all her life - until a youn

Loser Takes All
2.7

Loser Takes All

1956-09-09

Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Dir

The Chiltern Hundreds
2.5

The Chiltern Hundreds

1949-09-27

Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidat

Stolen Assignment
2.7

Stolen Assignment

1955-08-01

Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt

The Rough and the Smooth
3

The Rough and the Smooth

1959-10-02

Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.

The October Man
3.1

The October Man

1947-08-28

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murd

The Way to the Stars
3

The Way to the Stars

1945-06-16

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Bri

Street Corner
2.7

Street Corner

1953-03-17

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around th

Only a Scream Away
3.3

Only a Scream Away

1974-01-26

Newlyweds Samantha and Robert Miller emerge from the church to the sound of cheers. However, the hap

We Serve
0

We Serve

1942-06-29

Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman

The End of the Affair
2.8

The End of the Affair

1955-02-24

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in lov

Libel
3.3

Libel

1959-10-23

A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his

A Nice Girl Like Me
0

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969-11-23

Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she le

The Secret Agent
0

The Secret Agent

1975-10-01

A bomb-throwing incident in 1905 sets off a train of events which ends in a murder and a suicide.

Happy Go Lovely
3

Happy Go Lovely

1951-03-06

Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially