Joanna Dunham
Joanna Dunham (born 6 May 1936) is an English actress, best noted for her work on stage and television. She has also appeared in several major motion pictures.
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[edit] Career
Dunham was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. As a teenaged actress she first gained notice for playing Juliet in the 1962 Old Vic production of Romeo and Juliet, under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli, which was performed in a five-month, 13-city U.S. tour.[1] Her first television role had come four years earlier (1958), when she appeared as Louka in the Arms and the Man episode of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. As of 1998 Dunham had appeared in at least 45 different television series or productions.[2]
[edit] Filmography
Dunham has had credited roles in at least seven movies:
- The Breaking Point (1961) - Cherry Winlatter
- Dangerous Afternoon (1961) - Freda
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Mary Magdalene
- A Day at the Beach (1970) - Tonie
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971) - Alice Hillyer
- Scandal (1989) - Lady Bronwen Astor
- The Hour of the Pig (1993) - Lady Catherine d/Auferre
While working on The Greatest Story Ever Told, the on-site filming of which stretched to over a year,[3] Dunham announced that she was pregnant. Director George Stevens tried to keep her in the production with the use of flattering camera angles and draped costumes. He told an interviewer from Variety, "Well, that Mary Magdalene always was a troublemaker."[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ “The New Old Vic,” Time Magazine, 2 March 1962
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242280 Internet Movie Database, accessed 03 September 2009
- ^ The Hollywood Hall of Shame, p.140
- ^ “Biblical Story Before Cameras,” New York Times, February 9, 1963 (fee access required)
- ^ Joanna Dunham filmography, New York Times / AllMovie Guide
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