Joyce Redman

Joyce Redman
Born Joyce Olivia Redman
(1915-12-09)9 December 1915
Gosforth, Northumberland, England
Died 9 May 2012(2012-05-09) (aged 96)
Pembury, Kent, England
Cause of death Pneumonia
Resting place Faversham Cemetery, Faversham, Kent, England
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actress
Years active 1938–2001
Spouse(s)
Charles Ivor Wynne-Roberts
(m. 1949; his death 1992)
Children 3

Joyce Olivia Redman (9 December 1915 – 10 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish actress.[1][2][3][4] She received two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the 1963 film Tom Jones and the 1965 film Othello.

Early life

Joyce Redman was born in Northumberland[5] and grew up in County Mayo, Ireland.[4][6] She was born into an Anglo-Irish family, and educated by a private governess in Ireland, along with her three sisters. She trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

Her acting roles were primarily in the theatre and in television movies. Her most successful appearances on the stage were during the 1940s, in Shadow and Substance, Claudia, and Lady Precious Stream, and she appeared at the Comédie-Française as well as The Old Vic. She made a big success in New York in 1949 playing Anne Boleyn opposite Rex Harrison as Henry VIII in Maxwell Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, and, in 1955, she joined Stratford-upon-Avon's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre to play Helena in All's Well That Ends Well and Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 1974, Redman played Sophie Dupin, the mother of George Sand, in the BBC serial Notorious Woman.

Redman also appeared in a few films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Tom Jones (1963); and again for Othello (1965), in which she appeared as Emilia to the Desdemona of Maggie Smith and the Othello of Laurence Olivier. Her work on Othello also earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

Personal life

Redman married Charles Wynne Roberts in New York City in 1949; he predeceased her. She is survived by their three children and five grandchildren.[6] Her niece is actress Amanda Redman.

Death

Redman died in Pembury, Kent, England, on 9 May 2012 aged 96 from pneumonia following a short illness.

Selected filmography

Reviews / biographical pieces

  • "Anne". The New Yorker. 24 (45): 12–13. 1 January 1949.

References

  1. ↑ "Joyce Redman (1918–2012)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Joyce Redman The Telegraph (13 May 2012).
  3. ↑ .Vitello, Paul (11 May 2012)."Joyce Redman, Actress Who Feasted on Many Roles, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "BBC News - Joyce Redman, Oscar-nominated actress, dies aged 96". BBC. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  5. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 Guardian obituary

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