Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death.
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Joyce Grenfell
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Joyce Grenfell - SW10
Joyce Grenfell, 1910 - 1979, entertainer and writer, lived here in flat no.8,...
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Journalist. Born Elizabeth Dilys Powell at Lloyd's Bank, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Although she claimed to have little knowledge of cinema, she was the well-respected film critic for the Sunday Times...
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Steven Berkoff
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Albert Finney
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