Joyce Howard Explained

Joyce Howard
Birth Date:28 February 1922
Birth Place:London, England
Death Place:Santa Monica, California
Occupation:Actress, writer, story analyst
Spouse:Basil Sydney
(1946; 1958)
Joel Shor
(1961; 19??)
Children:3; Rowena and two others from her first marriage

Joyce Howard (28 February 1922 – 23 November 2010) was an English actress, writer, and film executive.[1] [2]

Acting career

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.

She was also active in theatre, including Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic and in A Streetcar Named Desire. She performed in London throughout World War II, even as Nazis were bombing the city.

Writing career and personal life

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.

Although the couple eventually separated, Howard remained in California. To support her family as a single mother, she embarked on a third career as a story analyst for network television. She was promoted to executive and story editor at Paramount Pictures and Paramount TV, eventually becoming responsible for property acquisition and development.

She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for the miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard collated, edited and wrote the introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1941Freedom Radio Elly
1941Love on the Dole Helen Hawkins
1941The Common Touch Mary
1942Back-Room Boy Betty
1942The Night Has Eyes Marian Ives
1942Talk About Jacqueline June Marlow
1943The Gentle Sex Anne Lawrence
1943They Met in the Dark Laura Verity
1946They Knew Mr. Knight Freda Blake
1946Appointment with Crime Carol Dane
1947Woman to Woman Nicolette Bonnet
1947Mrs. Fitzherbert Maria Fitzherbert
1950Shadow of the Past Lady in Black

References

  1. Web site: Joyce Howard. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722040335/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f5ca42f. dead. 2012-07-22. BFI.
  2. Web site: Advertisement. Variety. 2 December 2010 .
  3. News: Joyce Howard obituary . Ronald . Bergan . . 2010-12-29 . 2019-11-12.
  4. News: Film Obituaries: Joyce Howard . Staff writers . . 2010-12-12 . 2019-11-12.
  5. News: PASSINGS: Sebastian Adler, Joyce Howard, Stephen J. Solarz, Peter Hofmann, Jean Cione . . 2010-12-03.
  6. News: Joyce Howard . Staff writers . . 2010-12-04.
  7. Book: The Devil at Large. 9780802133915. Jong. Erica. 1994.

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