Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joan Gardner (1914–1999) was a British actress. She married Zoltán Korda and had a son, David. Gardner was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. She made her stage debut immediately on leaving school and by age 18 had achieved success there. She was seen by Alexander Korda (her future brother-in-law) who signed her to a five-year film contract at London Film Productions, with Wedding Rehearsal being her film debut as one of the Roxbury twins.
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Man for Hanging
1972
Writer
A mentally and physically scarred monster rampages through the old west, killing and raping as he seeks to meet up with his cohorts in a bank robbery....
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Lady From Provence (voice)
Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and ...
The Challenge
1938
as Felicitas - His Daughter
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
The Rebel Son
1938
as Galka
During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son wa...
Dark Journey
1937
as Lupita
Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espi...
Forget Me Not
1936
as Helen Carleton
A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she an...
Wings over Africa
1936
as Carol Reade
Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body...
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Ada Price
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
Do Not Forget About Me
1935
as Helen
This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way thro...
Barnacle Bill
1935
as Jill Harris
A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Suzanne de Tournay
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an un...
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934
as Katushienka
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. A...
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Carmen, a Young Lady of Romance
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five y...
The Man Outside
1933
as Peggy Fordyce
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem...
Wedding Rehearsal
1932
as Lady Rose Mary Wroxbury
The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .
Men of Tomorrow
1932
as Jane Anderson
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex r...