Joyce Howard

Joyce Howard

1922-02-28 London, England, UK 14 Credits

Biography

Joyce Howard (28 February 1922 in London – 23 November 2010 in 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 ...

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Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night

1959

as Judy Gomez

Acting

Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfrie...

Shadow of the Past

Shadow of the Past

1950

as Lady in Black

Acting

A man catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.

Mrs. Fitzherbert

Mrs. Fitzherbert

1947

as Maria Fitzherbert

6.0
Acting

The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between t...

Woman to Woman

1947

as Nicolette Bonnet

Acting
Appointment with Crime

Appointment with Crime

1946

as Carol Dane

5.9
Acting

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing...

They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight

1946

as Freda Blake

5.7
Acting

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing fri...

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark

1943

as Laura Verity

6.3
Acting

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court m...

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex

1943

as Anne Lawrence

7.0
Acting

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...

Talk About Jacqueline

Talk About Jacqueline

1942

as June Marlow

Acting
The Night Has Eyes

The Night Has Eyes

1942

as Marian Ives

6.5
Acting

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they ...

Back-Room Boy

Back-Room Boy

1942

as Betty

6.4
Acting

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up ...

The Common Touch

The Common Touch

1941

as Mary

6.3
Acting

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want ...

Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole

1941

as Helen

5.5
Acting

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally c...

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio

1941

as Elly Schmidt

6.3
Acting

Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. H...