Joyce Barbour | |
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| Born | 27 March 1901 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 16 March 1977 (aged 75) Northwood, Middlesex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Film and Stage Actress |
| Spouse | Richard Bird |
Joyce Barbour (27 March 1901 – 16 March 1977) was an English actress. She was the wife of the actor Richard Bird.[1]
Barbour was born in Birmingham on 27 March 1901 the daughter of Horace and Miriam Barbour, her father was an assurance clerk and later a hotel manager. She made her first stage appearance in Birmingham as a pantomime fairy in 1914.[2] She first appeared on the London stage in 1915 at the Gaiety Theatre in the chorus.[1] She appeared at the Duke of York's Theatre in December 1923 in London Calling!.[1] She went to America in August 1924, and appeared on Broadway as Violet Dering in Havoc and Florence Horridge in Sky-High.[1]
Her later theatre work included the original productions of Rodgers and Hart's Present Arms (1928), and Spring is Here (1929) on Broadway; and the musical Ever Green (1930) in the West End.[3][4] She also played in the original production of Noël Coward's Words and Music at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1932.[5] In September 1945 she took over as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit.[1] At the Apollo Theatre in March 1949 she succeeded Margaret Rutherford as Miss Whitchurch in The Happiest Days of Your Life.[1] In 1950 she appeared in Esther McCracken's Cry Liberty.[1]
Barbour married the actor Richard Bird in 1931 in London.[6] She died on 16 March 1977 in Hospital at Northwood, Middlesex, aged 75.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f g Herbert, pp. 501–502
- ^ a b "Miss Joyce Barbour - A long career on the stage". The Times. No. 59966. London. p. 16.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Joyce Barbour – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Production of Ever Green - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Production of Words and Music - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Joyce Barbour Photo Gallery".