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Joyce Irene Grenfell (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo shows.
Graham's long correspondence with Joyce Grenfell appeared in 1997. [6] She had met Joyce Grenfell when they were children, and they enjoyed a lifelong friendship, which included collaboration on some of Grenfell's songs. On Grenfell's first stage appearance, Virginia Graham had this to say: "She had no image to preserve, no axe to grind, no ...
Janie Hampton (born as Anderson, 14 March 1952) is a British author, best known for her biography of Joyce Grenfell and social history books The Austerity Olympics, How the Girl Guides Won the War, and an international development and women's health activist.
The 'Ballads' were read by Stanley Holloway; and the 'Tales', by Joyce Grenfell. The British actor Stephen Fry recorded a selection of the verses as an audiobook in 1992, [5] and the American artist Edward Gorey created 61 new illustrations for the book, which were published posthumously in 2002. [6]
Sigh No More is a musical revue consisting of twenty-two scenes and numbers composed, written and produced by Noël Coward, with additional items by Joyce Grenfell, Richard Addinsell and Norman Hackforth. [1] The show was Coward's first post-World War II musical and starred Cyril Ritchard, his wife Madge Elliott and Joyce Grenfell.
He is credited with discovering Joyce Grenfell, whose first stage appearance was in Light and Shade. In 1938, he joined the management of the Little Theatre in the Adelphi in London, and his revues were performed there. [2] His songs included "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales".
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Designing Women is a 1947 British short film produced by the Central Office of Information for the Council for Industrial Design.It was written by Roger MacDougall based on work by Stephen Potter and Joyce Grenfell, and featured Grenfell, Audrey Fildes, Harry Geldard and Joy Shelton.