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Joan Rice is a Actor British born on 3 february 1930 at Derby (United-kingdom)
Joan Rice (3 February 1930 – 1 January 1997) was a British film actress.
Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) which co-starred Burt Lancaster. Apart from that she played Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), played the graverobber's wife in The Horror of Frankenstein and appeared in Operation Bullshine.
She was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a Lyons Corner House in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and thereafter trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".
Her interment was at Braywick Cemetery in Maidenhead.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 february 1930 at Derby (United-kingdom)
Death 1 january 1997 (at 66 years) at Maidenhead (United-kingdom)
Birth 3 february 1930 at Derby (United-kingdom)
Death 1 january 1997 (at 66 years) at Maidenhead (United-kingdom)
Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) which co-starred Burt Lancaster. Apart from that she played Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), played the graverobber's wife in The Horror of Frankenstein and appeared in Operation Bullshine.
She was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a Lyons Corner House in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and thereafter trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".
Her interment was at Braywick Cemetery in Maidenhead.
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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, David Prowse, Dennis Price, Jon Finch
Roles Graverobber's wife
Rating58%
Victor Frankenstein, a cold, arrogant and womanizing genius, is angry when his father forbids him to continue his anatomy experiments. He ruthlessly murders his father by sabotaging the old man's shotgun, consequently inheriting the title of Baron von Frankenstein and the family fortune. He uses the money to enter medical school in Vienna, but is forced to return home when he impregnates the daughter of the Dean.
Payroll (1961)
, 1h45Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas, Kenneth Griffith, Tom Bell
Roles Madge Moore
Rating69%
Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost) who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, whilst Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manage to get away with £100,000.
Operation Bullshine (1959)
, 1h24Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne, Dora Bryan
Roles Pvt. Finch
Rating56%
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as his paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
The Long Knife (1958)
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Crime
Actors Joan Rice, Ellen Pollock, Victor Brooks, Alan Keith
Roles Jill Holden
Rating58%
Women Without Men (1956)
Directed by Elmo Williams
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Beverly Michaels, Joan Rice, Dame Thora Hird, Avril Angers, Paul Carpenter, Hermione Baddeley
Roles Cleo Thompson
Rating59%
One Good Turn (1955)
, 1h30Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ruth Etting, Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, William Russell, Dame Thora Hird, Richard Caldicot
Roles Iris
Rating64%
Norman vit toujours dans l'orphelinat Greenwood où il a grandi et où il est devenu un employé. Un matin, alors qu'il emmène les orphelins à l'école, ils s'arrêtent devant un magasin de jouets où une voiture à moteur impressionne les enfants, et plus particulièrement le petit Jimmy. Arrivé à l'école, Norman laisse les enfants aux bons soins d'Iris Gibson, leur professeur, mais aussi l'objet de l'affection de Norman. Mais elle s'intéresse plutôt à Alec Bigley , le fils du propriétaire du terrain sur lequel l'orphelinat est construit. En fait, c'est Mary, une autre employée, qui se languit de Norman, alors qu'il ne la remarque pas.
Police Dog (1955)
, 1h10Directed by Derek N. Twist
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Joan Rice, Christopher Lee, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Charles Victor, John Le Mesurier
Roles Pat Lewis
Rating56%
Turner is a policeman whose partner has been killed. While he adjusts, he is placed in charge of a stray Alsatian dog now being used for police work. Meanwhile his partner's killer decides to break into a safe. After the break-in, Turner and his dog find the man and bring him to justice.
The Crowded Day (1954)
, 1h22Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Gregson, Joan Rice, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont, Sonia Holm, Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Roles Peggy French
Rating63%
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Benson Fong, André Morell, Philip Ahn, Abraham Sofaer
Roles Dalabo aki Dali
Rating61%
Captain David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster), seeking his fortune in the 19th century South Pacific, decides to enlist island natives to harvest copra, but runs into a wall of cultural problems. Backed by a Chinese dentist, he obtains a ship and sets about harvesting copra while fending off cantankerous native chieftains and ambitious German empire-builders. The natives, happy with their existence, see no reason to work hard to obtain copra, either for a German trading company or for O'Keefe. He finally motivates them by showing them how to produce large quantities of Rai stones, the stone money of Yap, their valued coinage.
A Day to Remember (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, Joan Rice, James Hayter, Odile Versois, Harry Fowler
Roles Vera Mitchell
Rating66%
On the eve of their visit to France the members of the Hand & Flower pub darts team gather for a drink. The day trip is being organised by one of their regulars who is a travel agent. For some of the team it is their first ever trip abroad, while for others it is the first time they have returned to France since the war. One of the team has developed a plan to buy watches in France and smuggle them back into Britain to sell at a profit. Another, Jim Carver, is going through a rocky patch with his fiancee, who he suspects considers him to be boring and plain.
The Steel Key (1953)
Directed by Robert S. Baker
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Terence Morgan, Joan Rice, Raymond Lovell, Dianne Foster, Hector Ross, Colin Tapley
Roles Doreen Wilson
Rating57%
, 1h23Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita Hunt
Roles Maid Marian
Rating64%
Richard Cœur de Lion a laissé son royaume à son frère le prince Jean, pour partir en croisade. Le prince mandate un nouveau shérif, celui de Nottingham, d'appliquer les lois qu'il a promues. Le royaume subit la dictature du prince et croule sous les taxes. À la suite d'un tournoi de tir à l'arc, les hommes du shérif assassinent le père du jeune Robin des Bois. Il s'enfuit dans la forêt et, rejoint par d'autres personnes s'apposant au prince Jean, il crée la bande des Joyeux Compagnons. Parmi eux se trouve Petit Jean et le Frère Tuck, tous loyaux envers Richard Cœur de Lion.
Gift Horse (1952)
, 1h40Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Sonny Tufts, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan
Roles June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
Rating62%
A disgraced former commander re-enlists in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He forms the crew of his run-down ship, "HMS Ballantrae", ex "USS Whittier", one of the Town-class destroyers from the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, into an efficient fighting force, before being sent on Operation Boadicea, a suicide mission.
Curtain Up (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Ralph Foster Smart
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin, Olive Sloane, Charlotte Mitchell
Roles Avis
Rating61%
In an English provincial town, 'Drossmouth', a second-rate repertory company assemble at the Theatre Royal on Monday morning to rehearse the following week's play, a melodrama titled Tarnished Gold.
Blackmailed (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Marc Allégret
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton, Robert Flemyng, Michael Gough, James Robertson Justice
Roles Alma
Rating71%
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