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Joan Maude is a Actor British born on 16 january 1908 at Rickmansworth (United-kingdom)

Joan Maude

Joan Maude
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 january 1908 at Rickmansworth (United-kingdom)
Death 28 september 1998 (at 90 years) at Lewes (United-kingdom)

Joan Maude (16 January 1908, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire — 28 September 1998, Lewes, East Sussex)
was an English actress, active from the 1920s to the 1950s. She is probably best known for playing the Chief Recorder in the 1946 Powell and Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death.

The daughter of actors Charles Maude and Nancy Price, Maude's great grandmother on her father's side was the singer Jenny Lind, known as the "Swedish Nightingale". Maude was a cousin of the actor-manager Cyril Maude.

Maude married firstly Scottish Rugby International player and journalist Frank Waters (1909-1954), with whom she had a daughter.In 1956 she married Oliver Woods (1911-1972). She was the writer, producer, and production designer of the short film All Hallowe'en (1952).

Her mother, an author as well as an actress, published a book Behind the night-light: the by-world of a child of three in 1912 recording 'faithfully' the beasts and animals Joan imagined as a 3 year old.

Usually with

Norman Walker
Norman Walker
(2 films)
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
(4 films)
Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Dwyer
(4 films)
Emeric Pressburger
Emeric Pressburger
(1 films)
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joan Maude (15 films)

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Actress

Corridor of Mirrors
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Eric Portman, Barbara Mullen, Edana Romney, Hugh Sinclair, Alan Wheatley, Joan Maude
Roles Caroline Hart
Rating64% 3.240943.240943.240943.240943.24094
Les amours singulières et brèves d'une jeune Anglaise et d'un esthète, anciennement peintre, qui croit revivre avec elle de nos jours la passion de deux Vénitiens du XVIe siècle.
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
, 1h34
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about angels, Political films
Actors David Niven, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
Roles Chief Recorder
Rating79% 3.9970053.9970053.9970053.9970053.997005
Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) is a British Royal Air Force pilot trying to fly a badly damaged and burning Lancaster bomber home after a mission over Germany on 2 May 1945. He has ordered his crew to bail out, without revealing that his own parachute has been shot up. He manages to contact June (Kim Hunter), an American radio operator based in England, and talks with her for a few minutes before jumping without a parachute.
Night Boat to Dublin
Night Boat to Dublin (1946)

Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow, Herbert Lom, Martin Miller
Roles Sidney Vane
Rating61% 3.09633.09633.09633.09633.0963
During the Second World War, a refugee Swedish scientist is unwittingly passing information to Germany through the neutral Irish Free State. British intelligence attempts to break this link.
Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan (1945)
, 1h24
Directed by Maurice Elvey, Arne Mattsson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors William Hartnell, Marguerite Viby, Carol Raye, Gunnar Björnstrand, Walter Fitzgerald, Erik "Bullen" Berglund
Roles Gladys Moon
Rating57% 2.88482.88482.88482.88482.8848
Farmer Chris Lowe (Hartnell) meets and falls in love with Molly (Raye), a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake. She tries to quell her unhappiness by spending her husband's money, but goes to excess and eventually leaves Chris facing financial ruin. In despair she takes off on her horse and suffers a fatal fall, leaving Chris destitute and overcome with guilt.
The Lamp Still Burns
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
, 1h27
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle, Cathleen Nesbitt, Margaret Vyner, John Laurie
Roles Sister Catley
Rating61% 3.0912353.0912353.0912353.0912353.091235
During the Second World War, Laurence Rains (Stewart Granger) is annoyed when female architect Hilary Clarke (Rosamund John) insists he must enlarge the first aid room in his factory to satisfy government regulations, despite having the best safety record in the country. He encounters her once again, now a nurse trainee assisting a doctor treat one of his employees. He finds out that Clarke only became an architect to please her father, who had no sons to follow in his profession. When she saw how her young assistant at her firm, seriously injured in a traffic accident, was tended to by the nurses, she found her true vocation. Pamela Siddell (Margaret Vyner), a violinist and Rains' fiancee, sees his attraction to Clarke.
The Lash
The Lash (1934)
, 1h3
Directed by Henry Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Mills, Joan Maude, Mary Jerrold, Aubrey Mather, Roy Emerton
Roles Dora Bush
Rating54% 2.7311252.7311252.7311252.7311252.731125
The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew (1933)
, 1h51
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Conrad Veidt, Marie Ney, Basil Gill, Anne Grey, Dennis Hoey, Hector Abbas
Roles Gianella (Phase III)
Rating64% 3.235843.235843.235843.235843.23584
The plot follows the titular character's epic journey. He is finally burnt at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. As he burns, he is forgiven by God and finally allowed to die. The story bears a resemblance to the legend of the Flying Dutchman.