Joan Stuart (actress) explained

Joan Stuart
Occupation:	Actress
Nationality:	Canadian
Years Active:	1959-1981

Joan Stuart (6 February 1937- 30 October 1996^[1]) was a Canadian actress, singer and dancer in television, film and theater.

Joan Stuart was an actress, known for Les femmes de 30 ans (1978), Comedy Cafe (1970) and Just Ask, Inc. (1981).

Biography

Theater

Joan Stuart played in "Up Tempo' 59", an off-beat musical revue, at Café André, 2077 Victoria St., Montreal for more than 20 week. There was two shows nightly. Sylvia Gillespie, Frank Blanche and Joan Stuart were among the top rank young actors in the cast.^{[2] [3]}

In the summer of 1965, Joan Stuart played with Howard Ryshpan in the play "The Tiger", written by Murray Schisgal, produced by Montreal Instant Theater for Piggery Playhouse Guild inc at "The Piggery-Summer Theater" in North Hatley, inaugurated on August 2, 1965.^[4] This play will be performed on Oct. 21, 1965 at the Canadian Institute, at the Canadian Women's Circle.^[5]

Television

• "A World of Music", 23 octobre 1960. Host: Wally Koster. Guess: Joan Stuart, Shirley Shaw and Doug Chamberlain.^[6]

Radio

• In 1968, Stuart and Peter Cullen appeared as "Penelope" and "Giles" in L'Anglaise, a recurring segment about a French-Canadian man with an English-Canadian wife, on the CBC Radio comedy series, Funny You Should Say That.

Filmography

1. Kiss (Short), 1981
2. Just Ask, Inc. (TV Series), acting as Lustra
3. Les femmes de 30 ans, 1978, acting as aunt Alice
4. Nic and Pic (TV Series), 1975, acting as Nic (English version, voice)
5. Tiki Tiki, 1971 (voice)
6. Zut!, 1970, (TV Series)
7. Comedy Cafe, 1970, (TV Series)
8. Comedy Crackers, 1970 (TV Series)
9. Once Upon a Prime Time, 1966 (Short).^[7]

Self credit

1. Tee-Won Short, Episode #1, 1970 (Documentary short)
2. Tee-Won Short, Episode #2, 1970 (Documentary short)
3. Comedy Crackers (TV Series), 1970. Note: Episode dating from March 4, 1970.

Notes and References

1. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/424987091/ Article "Joan Stuart best loved for doll skit", by Alan Hustak, November 1, 1996.
2. http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2723006?docref=O_320XVxqqNxE_JyUvRGtw&docsearchtext=Joan%20Stuart Article "Shows you shouldn't miss" - Montreal Repertory Theatre, Inc., February 1959.
3. http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2723039?docref=0-mSxwZV87-MAjavrMa0rA&docsearchtext=Joan%20Stuart Article "Current Cinema", by Harold Whitehead, January 1959.
4. Article "Piggery Playhouse story said one of a community", by Leonard Ryan (record wire editor), Sherbrooke daily record, August 2, 1965, p. 1.
5. Article "In Quebec today - Arts", Le Soleil, Quebec, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1965, p. 40.
6. Horaire de CBMT Montréal - Canal 6, "La Semaine à Radio-Canada", 23 octobre 1960, p. 14.
7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835737/#actress IMDb Joan Stuart.