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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hot Summer Night
1959
as Judy Gomez
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
1950
as Lady in Black
A man catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947
as Maria Fitzherbert
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
Appointment with Crime
1946
as Carol Dane
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
1946
as Freda Blake
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
1943
as Laura Verity
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
1943
as Anne Lawrence
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
1942
as June Marlow
The Night Has Eyes
1942
as Marian Ives
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
1942
as Betty
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
1941
as Mary
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
1941
as Helen
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
1941
as Elly Schmidt
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...