Joy Westmore | |
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Born | Joy Grisold 1932 Melbourne, Australia |
Died | 5 November 2020 (aged 88) Melbourne, Victoria[1] |
Occupation(s) | Actress (radio, stage, television), voice-over artist[1] |
Years active | 1950–2013 |
Known for | Prisoner also known as Prisoner Cell Block H aka Caged Women – Officer Barry/Joyce Pringle (maiden name Joyce Barry) |
Notable work |
Joy Westmore (née Grisold; 1932 – 5 November 2020)[1][2] was an Australian actress on radio, stage and television, and in voice-over. She was best known to local and international television viewers for her long-running role in Prisoner as the friendly but highly ineffectual bespectacled officer Joyce Barry, appearing from the first season in 1979 until the final episode in 1986 and smaller roles in Neighbours in 1991 and 2003.