Joan Marion Nicholls (28 September 19085 November 2001), known professionally as Joan Marion, was an Australian-born stage, film and television actress.
Her family moved to Britain when she was three, and at eighteen she attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (
RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...
), where she adopted the name Joan Marion.
[ Subsequently, a busy stage star, she made the record books in 1934, when she appeared in two West End shows simultaneously, '' Men in White'' with ]Ralph Richardson
Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor who, with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He wo ...
and ''Without Witness''.[ She also famously turned down Jack Warner and a Hollywood career, describing him as "a horrid little man."][ Marion continued in the theatre and British films until her marriage to wine expert Louis Everette de Rouet. With the birth of her daughter she spent many years travelling the world with her family.][
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Selected filmography
* ''Her Night Out
''Her Night Out'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring Dorothy Bartlam, Lester Matthews and Joan Marion.Wood p.74 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Alone at Last''. It is a quota quickie, made at ...
'' (1932)
* '' The River House Ghost'' (1932)
* ''The Stolen Necklace
''The Stolen Necklace'' is a 1933 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Lester Matthews, Joan Marion and Mickey Brantford. It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios.Wood p.76
Cast
* Lester Matthews as Clive Wi ...
'' (1933)
* ''The Melody-Maker
''The Melody-Maker'' is a 1933 British musical comedy, musical comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Lester Matthews, Joan Marion and Evelyn Roberts . The film was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subs ...
'' (1933)
* ''Little Fella
''Little Fella'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring John Stuart, Joan Marion and Hal Walters. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.268
Cast
* Marie Ault as Mrs. Turner
* Glyn Ja ...
'' (1933)
* ''Double Wedding
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'' (1933)
* ''Out of the Past
''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (using the pseu ...
'' (1933)
* ''Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...
'' (1933)
* ''Tangled Evidence
''Tangled Evidence'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper (director), George A. Cooper and starring Sam Livesey, Joan Marion and Michael Hogan (British actor), Michael Hogan. It was made by Twickenham Studios and based on a ...
'' (1934)
* ''Sensation
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'' (1936)
* '' For Valour'' (1937)
* ''Premiere
A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition.
A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...
'' (1938)
* ''Black Limelight
''Black Limelight'' is a 1936 play by Gordon Sherry that in 1938 became a British crime film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Joan Marion and Raymond Massey.
Plot
"It concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman ily Suspicio ...
'' (1939)
* ''Ending It
''Ending It'' was a 1939 BBC TV one-off play, written by Val Gielgud, and starring John Robinson, Joan Marion, and Dino Galvani. It was 30 minutes in duration. It was broadcast live on 25 August 1939.
1957 Australian Adaptation
The most unusual ...
'' (1939)
* '' Dead Man's Shoes'' (1940)
* ''Ten Days in Paris
''Ten Days in Paris'', also known as ''Missing Ten Days'' and ''Spy in the Pantry'', is a 1940 British spy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne and C. V. France. The screenplay concerns a man in Paris who turns out ...
'' (1940)
* ''Spies of the Air
''Spies of the Air'' (also known as ''Spies in the Air'' and ''The Fifth Column'') is a 1939 British adventure film directed by David MacDonald and based on the play ''Official Secret'' by Jeffrey Dell. The film stars Barry K. Barnes, Roger Li ...
'' (1940)
* '' Tons of Trouble'' (1956)
Selected stage credits
* '' Sorry You've Been Troubled'' (1929, Walter C. Hackett)
* '' Good Losers'' (1931, Michael Arlen and Walter C. Hackett)
* '' Men in White'' (1934, Sidney Kingsley)
* '' Libel!'' (1935, Edward Wooll)
* '' Blondie White'' (1937, Jeffrey Dell)
References
External links
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Joan Marion Obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph''
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1908 births
2001 deaths
Australian stage actresses
Australian film actresses
Australian television actresses
People from Launceston, Tasmania
Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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