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Joyce Carey, OBE was an English actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1987, 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.
Birth Name
Joyce Lilian Lawrence
Born
Wednesday, 30 March 1898
Died
Sunday, 28 February 1993
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Belle Goedler | 1985 |
| Man and Superman | Mrs. Whitefield | 1982 |
| Father Charlie | Sister Agatha | 1982 |
| Cribb | Mrs. Pennycook | 1980 |
| The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist | Mrs. Martin | 1980 |
| Father, Dear Father in Australia | Patrick's Mother | 1978 |
| The Upchat Line | Mrs. Cookson | 1977 |
| 1990 | Nancy Skardon | 1977 |
| The New Avengers | Lady with Dog | 1976 |
| The Cedar Tree | Alice Bourne / Lady Alice Bourne | 1976 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Belle Goedler | 1985 |
| Man and Superman | Mrs. Whitefield | 1982 |
| Father Charlie | Sister Agatha | 1982 |
| Cribb | Mrs. Pennycook | 1980 |
| The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist | Mrs. Martin | 1980 |
| Father, Dear Father in Australia | Patrick's Mother | 1978 |
| The Upchat Line | Mrs. Cookson | 1977 |
| 1990 | Nancy Skardon | 1977 |
| The New Avengers | Lady with Dog | 1976 |
| The Cedar Tree | Alice Bourne / Lady Alice Bourne | 1976 |
| Two's Company | Mrs. Hiller | 1975 |
| Edward the King | Lady Chesterfield | 1975 |
| The Black Windmill | Miss Monley | 1974 |
| Happy Ever After | June's mother | 1974 |
| Father Dear Father | Mother | 1973 |
| Thriller | Liza Meredith | 1973 |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Marquise | 1972 |
| A Nice Girl Like Me | Aunt Celia | 1969 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Mrs. Maddox | 1969 |
| Hadleigh | Mrs. Cray-Crocker | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Lily / Miss Atkins | 1969 |
| Father, Dear Father | Patrick's Mother | 1968 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Countess Mortimer | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Mrs. Donald | 1965 |
| Out of the Unknown | Mrs. Fane | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | Mrs. Coles | 1964 |
| Secret Agent | Lady Ammanford | 1964 |
| The Eyes of Annie Jones | Aunt Helen / Aunt Helen Demarest | 1964 |
| They All Died Laughing | Hotel Manageress | 1964 |
| The V.I.P.s | Mrs. Damer | 1963 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Mrs. Henderson | 1961 |
| Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog | First Lady | 1961 |
| The Naked Edge | Victoria Hicks | 1961 |
| Nearly a Nasty Accident | Lady Trowborough | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Harriet | 1961 |
| Maigret | Madame Peeters | 1959 |
| Let's Get Married | Miss Finch | 1960 |
| Libel | Miss Sykes | 1959 |
| Portrait of a Sinner | Mrs. Thompson | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Mrs. Percival | 1959 |
| Alive and Kicking | Matron | 1959 |
| Loser Takes All | Bird's Nest | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mrs. Drummond | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Isobel Sorodin / Lady Agnes Travers / Mrs. Proudie | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Mrs. Trafford / Lady Cleone / Harriet / Clara Peasley / Amanda | 1955 |
| Stolen Assignment | Ida Garnett | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The End of the Affair | Miss Palmer | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Mrs. Vinton | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | First Lady | 1954 |
| Both Sides of the Law | Miss Hopkins | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Lady Cherwell / Caroline | 1953 |
| Cry, the Beloved Country | Margaret Jarvis | 1951 |
| Happy Go Lovely | Bruno's Secretary | 1951 |
| The Astonished Heart | Susan Birch | 1950 |
| The Amazing Mr. Beecham | Lady Caroline | 1949 |
| It's Hard to Be Good | Alice Beckett | 1948 |
| Dulcimer Street | Mrs. Vizzard | 1948 |
| The October Man | Mrs. Vinton | 1947 |
| Brief Encounter | Myrtle Bagot | 1945 |
| Johnny in the Clouds | Miss Winterton | 1945 |
| Blithe Spirit | Violet Bradman | 1945 |
| In Which We Serve | Mrs. Kath Hardy / Mrs. Hardy / Kath | 1942 |
| Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman | Rose | 1920 |
| God and the Man | Priscilla Sefton | 1918 |
| Because | 1918 |
