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Joan Hopkins
Born
Phyllis Joan Hopkins

(1915-08-31)31 August 1915
Died27 December 2002(2002-12-27) (aged 87)
Greenwich, London, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1943–1954 (film & TV)
SpouseHenry Cass

Joan Hopkins (31 August 1915 – 27 December 2002) was a British stage and film actress.[1][2] During the late 1940s she appeared in starring roles in several productions, including Princess Charlotte in The First Gentleman and as Helen in the box office success The Weaker Sex (both 1948).[3] Her final appearance was in the 1950 thriller Double Confession.[4] After this she appeared in television for several years. She was married to the film director Henry Cass.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Joan Hopkins | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. ^ "Joan Hopkins | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Joan Hopkins". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  4. ^ Gillett, p. 74.
  5. ^ McFarlane & Slide, p. 125.

Bibliography

  • Brian McFarlane & Anthony Slide. The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • Philip Gillett. Forgotten British Film: Value and the Ephemeral in Postwar Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.