Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress[1] best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940.
Joan Standing | |
|---|---|
 Joan Standing, 1927 | |
| Born | 21 June 1903 Worcestershire, England, U.K. |
| Died | 3 February 1979 (aged 75) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1919–1940 |
| Relatives | Herbert Standing (grandfather) Wyndham Standing (uncle) Sir Guy Standing (uncle) Percy Standing (uncle) Jack Standing (uncle) Kay Hammond (cousin) John Standing (first cousin once removed) |
Partial filmography edit
- The Loves of Letty (1919) - Slavey
- The Branding Iron (1920) - Maude Upper
- Silk Hosiery (1920) - Sophia Black
- Lorna Doone (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited)
- Oliver Twist (1922) - Charlotte
- Hearts Aflame (1923) - Ginger
- The Cricket on the Hearth (1923) - Tillie Slowboy
- Pleasure Mad (1923) - Hulda
- A Noise in Newboro (1923) - Dorothy Mason
- Three Weeks (1924) - Isabella
- Women Who Give (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom
- Happiness (1924) - Jenny
- What Shall I Do? (1924) - Lizzie
- The Beauty Prize (1924) - Lydia Du Bois
- Empty Hearts (1924) - Hilda, the maid
- Greed (1924) - Selina
- The Dancers (1925) - Pringle
- Faint Perfume (1925) - The Hired Girl
- Love on the Rio Grande (1925)
- Ranger of the Big Pines (1925) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- With This Ring (1925) - Cecilie's maid
- Counsel for the Defense (1925) - Printer's Devil
- The Outsider (1926) - Pritchard
- The Skyrocket (1926) - Sharon's Secretary
- Memory Lane (1926) - Maid
- Sandy (1926) - Alice McNeil
- The Little Firebrand (1926) - Miss Smyth
- Lost at Sea (1926) - Olga
- The Campus Flirt (1926) - Harriet Porter
- The First Night (1927) - Mrs. Miller
- Ritzy (1927) - Mary
- The College Hero (1927) - Nellie Kelly
- Beau Sabreur (1928) - Maudie
- Riley of the Rainbow Division (1928) - Mabel
- Home, James (1928) - Iris Elliot
- The Kid's Clever (1929) - A Girl
- The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- My Lady's Past (1929) - Maid
- Fashions in Love (1929) - Miss Weller
- The Marriage Playground (1929) - Miss Scopey
- Street of Chance (1930) - Miss Abrams
- Hell's Angels (1930) - Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
- For the Love o' Lil (1930) - Chambermaid
- Extravagance (1930) - Mary - Maid (uncredited)
- A Lady's Morals (1930) - Louise
- Ex-Flame (1930) - Kilmer
- Dracula (1931) - Nurse Briggs
- Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931) - Julia
- Young as You Feel (1931) - Lemuel's Secretary
- The Age for Love (1931) - Eleanor
- Possessed (1931) - Whitney's Secretary (uncredited)
- Emma (1932) - Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
- Broken Lullaby (1932) - Flower Shop Girl (uncredited)
- Love Affair (1932) - Jim's Secretary (uncredited)
- American Madness (1932) - Panicked Depositor (uncredited)
- Goldie Gets Along (1933) - The Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
- Private Detective 62 (1933) - Client with Free (uncredited)
- Jane Eyre (1934) - Daisy
- Broadway Bill (1934) - Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
- Behold My Wife! (1934) - Ms. Smith (uncredited)
- Straight from the Heart (1935) - Mother of Crippled Boy (uncredited)
- The Headline Woman (1935) - Sadie, Chase's Secretary (uncredited)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Dawson (uncredited)
- Grand Ole Opry (1940) - Woman (uncredited)
- Colorado (1940) - Saloon Reader (uncredited)
- Li'l Abner (1940) - Kitty Hoops
References edit
- ^ "Joan Standing". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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