Joan Morgan
Joan Morgan (born February 1, 1905 in Kent , England , † July 22, 2004 in Henley-on-Thames ) was a British film actress and later under the pseudonym Joan Wentworth Wood screenwriter . Her father was the director Sidney Morgan .
She appeared in productions from 1914 onwards by her father, who opened a film studio in Shoreham-by-Sea after the First World War . The underage actress could not accept an offer from Hollywood because her father intervened. Her acting career ended with the rise of talkies, she began writing plays and scripts instead. Most of them were her father's productions again, but she also had a respectable success with Henry Edwards ' The Flag Lieutenant (1932). At the end of the 1950s, she left the film business for good. She told her memories in the 1990s in interviews for television documentaries, including for Kino Europa: The Other Hollywood (1996) by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill .
Movies
- 1913: The Cup Final Mystery
- 1915: The World's Desire and The Perils of Divorce
- 1916: drink
- 1919: Two Little Wooden Shoes
- 1920: Little Dorrit
- 1920: Lady Noggs: Peeress
- 1931: Her reputation
- 1951: Armstrong Circle Theater (TV series)
Web links
- Joan Morgan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( memento of February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) of July 28, 2004
- Obituary in The Guardian, July 31, 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morgan, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wentworth Wood, Joan (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kent , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 2004 |
| Place of death | Henley-on-Thames , England |