Joyce Howard
Actress

Joyce Howard Net Worth

Joyce Howard was a British actress and writer born in London, England on February 28, 1922. She left school at 17 and studied at the RADA, and her first professional starring role was in the play "Temporary Residence" at the Embassy Theatre. She went on to appear in a number of WWII-era films, including Freedom Radio (1941), Love on the Dole (1941), The Common Touch (1941), and Back-Room Boy (1942). She also co-starred opposite James Mason in the mystery thriller The Night Has Eyes (1942) and They Met in the Dark (1943). During WWII, she continued to co-star in a host of London stage plays. After the war, she made a return to films with lead and second lead roles in They Knew Mr. Knight (1946), Woman to Woman (1947), Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947), and Shadow of the Past (1950). She also wrote plays for the BBC and novels such as "Two Persons Singular" and "A Private View." Following her divorce from actor Basil Sydney, she remarried in 1962 and moved to the U.S. where she worked as a story analyst, executive assistant, and executive story editor for Paramount TV. She died in Santa Monica, CA at age 88 and is survived by her three children.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Writer
Birth Day February 28, 1922
Birth Place  London, England, United Kingdom
Age 98 YEARS OLD
Died On 23 November 2010(2010-11-23) (aged 88)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Pisces
Occupation Actress, writer, story analyst
Spouse(s) Basil Sydney (m. 19??-19??)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1941

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.

1950

In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a Writer. She wrote three well-received novels, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) and Going On (2000). She also wrote plays, including Broken Silence, which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964.

1986

She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard collated, edited and wrote an introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).

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