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Joyce Irene Grenfell OBE was an English comedian, singer, actress, monologist, scriptwriter and producer. For her film appearances, she was cast in such roles as the gym mistress Miss Gossage in The Happiest Days of Your Life and Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's films.
Birth Name
Joyce Irene Phipps
Born
Thursday, 10 February 1910
Died
Friday, 30 November 1979
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Self | 2016 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Hortense Astor | 1964 |
| The Americanization of Emily | Mrs. Barham | 1964 |
| The Old Dark House | Agatha Femm | 1963 |
| The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Sergeant Ruby Gates | 1960 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Self | 2016 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Hortense Astor | 1964 |
| The Americanization of Emily | Mrs. Barham | 1964 |
| The Old Dark House | Agatha Femm | 1963 |
| The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Sergeant Ruby Gates | 1960 |
| Happy Is the Bride | Aunt Florence | 1958 |
| Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Sgt. Ruby Gates / Policewoman Sergeant Ruby Gates | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| The Good Companions | Lady Parlitt | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Belles of St. Trinian's | P.W. Sgt. Ruby Gates | 1954 |
| Forbidden Cargo | Lady Flavia Queensway | 1954 |
| Man with a Million | Duchess of Cromarty | 1954 |
| Genevieve | Hotel Proprietress | 1953 |
| The Pickwick Papers | Mrs. Leo Hunter | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Mrs. Claire / Mrs Claire | 1952 |
| Laughter in Paradise | Elizabeth Robson / Elizabeth Robson aka Fluffy | 1951 |
| The Galloping Major | Maggie | 1951 |
| Stage Fright | 'Lovely Ducks' | 1950 |
| The Happiest Days of Your Life | Miss Gossage / Miss Gossage: Staff of St. Swithin's | 1950 |
| Scrapbook for 1933 | (voice) | 1950 |
| A Run for Your Money | Mrs. Pargiter / Mrs Pargiter | 1949 |
| Poet's Pub | Miss Horsefell-Hughes | 1949 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Dormouse / Ugly Duchess | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| While the Sun Shines | Daphne | 1947 |
| The Lamp Still Burns | Dr. Barrett | 1943 |
| Adventure for Two | Sybil Paulson | 1943 |
| A Letter from Home | American Mother | 1941 |
