Joan Bruce

Joan Bruce
Joan Bruce
Born	Joan Olive Thompson; 29 February 1928; Surrey, England
Died	26 April 2014 (aged 86); Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1948–1988
Spouses	Frank Baden-Powell; (1954–?); Kenneth Williams; (1978–2014; his death);
Children	Two

Joan Olive Bruce (born Joan Thompson) (29 February 1928 – 26 April 2014) was an English-Australian actress born in

Surrey, England

to George and Olive Thompson, and taking the stage surname name of Bruce after her maternal grandmother.

Biography

Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she appeared in repertory theatre in northern England from 1948, when after marrying first husband actor, director, stage manager and theatre entrepreneur Frank Baden-Powell^[2] in 1954, they immigrated the following year to Perth, Australia and toured Oceania with the Australian Elizabeth Trust company in plays Separate Tables and Sleeping Prince, with her husband taking on the role of stage manager and Bruce acting.

After returning to Perth to give birth to her daughters, she appeared in plays The Anniversary,

Sydney

in 1968, and spending the next ten years working numerously including roles in The Entertainer, Travelling North, Heartbreak House, The Life and Times of Nicholas Appelby and Something Afoot.
She married her second husband Kenneth William in 1978, and subsequently appeared on television in roles in
Certain Women with Queenie Ashton and June Salter and for voicing the kangaroo and Dot's mother in the 1977 children's animation/live action film Dot and the Kangaroo
. She died in 2014, aged 86.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Type

1962 The Good Oil Role unknown TV film

1974 Lindsay's Boy Role unknown TV film

1976 Is There Anybody There? Jamie TV film

1977 Dot and the Kangaroo The Kangaroo / Mother (Voice) Feature animated film

1978 The Newman Shame Betty Newman TV film

1981 Film Continuity Herself - Performer Short documentary film

1982 Sarah and the Squirrel Voice Animated TV film

1982 Brothers Mrs. Williams Feature film, NZ

1987 The Facts of Life Down Under Mrs. Winters TV film (US/Australia)

TV series

Year Title Role Type

1967-1968 In Perth Tonight Presenter TV series

1971;1972 Homicide Marge Hayes / June Hutchinson TV series, 2 episodes

1972 Division 4 Mrs. Davies TV series, 1 episode

1972;1973 Matlock Police Gladys Turner / Betty TV series, 2 episodes

1973-1976 Certain Women Jane Stone TV series, 257 episodes

1976 The Emigrants Peggy Nicholls TV series (UK/Australia), 1 episode

1978 Glenview High Guest role TV series, 1 episode

1978 Chopper Squad Mrs. Hayle TV series, 1 episode: "A Dream Before Dying"

1979 Doctors Down Under Sister Cummings TV series, 8 episodes

1980 Cop Shop Mrs. Keen TV series, 1 episode

1980 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode

1983 A Country Practice Daisy Hatfield TV series, 2 episodes

1987 Melba Mrs. Doyle TV miniseries, 2 episodes

1988 The True Believers Pattie Menzies TV miniseries, 7 episodes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sue Baden-Powell (24 June 2014). "Actress was rarely out of work on stage and screen". The Sydney Morning Herald.

^ AusStage. "Frank Baden-Powell".

External links

Joan Bruce at
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[obit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sue Baden-Powell (24 June 2014). "Actress was rarely out of work on stage and screen". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[ausstage-2] AusStage. "Frank Baden-Powell".

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