Joyce Redman

Joyce Redman (born 9 December 1918) is an Irish actress. She was born in County Mayo, Ireland, to an Anglo-Irish family. She was educated by a private governess in Ireland, along with her three sisters. She was trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her acting roles have been primarily in the theatre and in television movies. Her most successful efforts on the stage were during the 1940s, in Shadow and Substance, Claudia, and Lad... more

Joyce Redman (born 9 December 1918) is an Irish actress. She was born in County Mayo, Ireland, to an Anglo-Irish family. She was educated by a private governess in Ireland, along with her three sisters. She was trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her acting roles have been primarily in the theatre and in television movies. Her most successful efforts on the stage were during the 1940s, in Shadow and Substance, Claudia, and Lady Precious Stream, and she appeared at the Comedie Francaise as well as the Old Vic. She made a big success in New York in 1949 playing Anne Boleyn opposite Rex Harrison as Henry VIII in Maxwell Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, and, in 1955, she joined England's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre to play Helena in All's Well that Ends Well and Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 1974, Redman played Sophie Dupin, the mother of George Sand, in the BBC serial Notorious Woman. She has also appeared in some movie releases. She was... less