Joan Jay

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Joan Jay
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
Employer Windmill Theatre

Joan Jay was a singer and dancer at the Windmill Theatre in London, from 1936 to 1947. [1] She was seriously injured there during a World War II bombing raid in October 1940, but returned to dancing after receiving skin grafts [2] during a four-month stay in hospital. [1] Her costumes were adapted to hide her scars. [2]

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 19 March 1942, described as a "glamour girl". [3]

Joan Jay was a stage name. [1]

She had two daughters, Vivien (named after the Windmill's manager, Vivian Van Damm), and Janet. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Goldsmith, Vivien (24 November 2005). "Windmill: always nude but never rude". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 ""WE NEVER CLOSED" Jill Millard Shapiro meets MARGARET McGRATH" . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Joan Jay". BBC Online . BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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