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{{Short description|English actress (1930–1997)}}
'''Joan Rice''' (3 February 1930 - 1 January 1997) was a top British movie actress of the 1950s.
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'''Joan Rice''' (3 February 1930 – 1 January 1997) was an English film actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f895db0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715111241/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f895db0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-15 |title=Joan Rice &#124; BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>


Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film ] (1954) which co-started ]. She also played ] in ]. Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film '']'' (1954) which co-starred ]. Apart from that she played ] in '']'' (1952), played the graverobber's wife in '']'' and appeared in '']''. For several years in the early and mid-1950s, Rice was considered one of 'Rank's top stars',<ref>'Adelphi Films', http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1405736/index.html</ref> then signed to Adelphi Films to make '']''.<ref name="ink">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=John Guillermin: Action Man|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/john-guillermin-action-man/|date=17 November 2020}}</ref>


Rice was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a ] in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and thereafter trained at the ]'s ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/434/Joan+Rice/index.html |title=Joan Rice – The Private Life and Times of Joan Rice. Joan Rice Pictures |publisher=Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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! Year
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|1951|| '']'' || Alma ||
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|1951|| '']'' || Annie (Maid) ||
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|1952|| '']'' || Maid Marian ||
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|1952|| '']'' || Avis ||
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|1952|| '']'' || June Mallory, WREN Cypher Clerk ||
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|1953|| '']'' || Doreen Wilson ||
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|1953|| '']'' || Vera Mitchell ||
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|1954|| '']'' || Dalabo aki Dali ||
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|1954|| '']'' || Peggy ||
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|1955|| '']'' || Iris ||
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|1955|| '']'' || Pat Lewis ||
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|1956|| '']'' || Cleo Thompson ||
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|1958|| '']'' || Jill Holden ||
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|1959|| '']'' || Pvt. Finch ||
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|1961|| '']'' || Madge Moore ||
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|1970|| '']'' || Graverobber's wife || (final film role)
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==References==
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'''Joan Rice''', '''Author and Parent Educator''' is due to publish her first parenting book, '''PARENTING SOLUTIONS: Encouragement for Everyday Parenting Concerns'''''Italic text'' with Paragon House Publishers. ]

Joan Rice, R.N., B.S.N., Parent Educator and Pediatric Nurse, is a graduate of Duke University and holds a California Adult Education Teaching Credential in Parent Education. She has worked as a Pediatric Nurse at Duke University Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and on a Child Psychiatric Unit at the Medical University of South Carolina. She taught Pediatric Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing at the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in South Bend, Indiana.

For the past thirty years she has taught parenting classes. As the Director of Parent Education and Staff Development of the Princeton Family Resource Center for fourteen years, she was responsible for a parent education and support center serving approximately 250 families a week. She was the Infant/Toddler Program Director for the Warner Bros. Children’s Center for its opening year. She is now teaching parenting classes in California at the Burbank Preschool Education Program, the Parent Participation Programs of Arroyo Grande and San Luis Obispo, Allan Hancock College, the Foster Parent Program at Cuesta College and at Warner Bros. Studios.


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While teaching parenting classes for 30 years, she has developed a deep understanding of what concerns parents. Each chapter of Parenting Solutions will be like attending a thought-provoking, behavior-changing parenting workshop.

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Joan Rice
Born(1930-02-03)3 February 1930
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died1 January 1997(1997-01-01) (aged 66)
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
OccupationActress

Joan Rice (3 February 1930 – 1 January 1997) was an English 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. For several years in the early and mid-1950s, Rice was considered one of 'Rank's top stars', then signed to Adelphi Films to make The Crowded Day.

Rice 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".

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1951 Blackmailed Alma
1951 One Wild Oat Annie (Maid)
1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Maid Marian
1952 Curtain Up Avis
1952 Gift Horse June Mallory, WREN Cypher Clerk
1953 The Steel Key Doreen Wilson
1953 A Day to Remember Vera Mitchell
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe Dalabo aki Dali
1954 The Crowded Day Peggy
1955 One Good Turn Iris
1955 Police Dog Pat Lewis
1956 Women Without Men Cleo Thompson
1958 The Long Knife Jill Holden
1959 Operation Bullshine Pvt. Finch
1961 Payroll Madge Moore
1970 The Horror of Frankenstein Graverobber's wife (final film role)

References

  1. "Joan Rice | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. 'Adelphi Films', http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1405736/index.html
  3. Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
  4. "Joan Rice – The Private Life and Times of Joan Rice. Joan Rice Pictures". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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