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]
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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]
