Joan Newell (1915–2012) was a British actress primarily known for her television roles, but who also appeared in films and on stage. She co-starred with
John Slater in the 1953 series ''
Johnny, You're Wanted''.
[Baskin p.11] Amongst her most prominent later roles was that of Meg Owen in the series ''
The Doctors'' and its spinoff ''
Owen, M.D.''.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''
It's Hard to Be Good
''It's Hard to Be Good'' is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Jeffrey Dell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Anne Crawford and Raymond Huntley. In the film, an ex-army officer finds his altruistic attempts to improve the world are unsuccessful.
...
'' (1948)
* ''
To Dorothy a Son
''To Dorothy a Son'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. Known in the U.S. as ''Cash on Delivery'', it is based on the 1950 play ''To Dorothy, a Son'' by Roger MacDo ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Last Man to Hang
''The Last Man to Hang?'' is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Tom Conway and Elizabeth Sellars. The film was produced by John Gossage for Act Films Ltd.
Plot
Music critic Sir Roderick Strood is having an affair with a bea ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Devil's Pass'' (1957)
* ''
Jigsaw'' (1962)
* ''
Stolen Hours
''Stolen Hours'' is a 1963 British-American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Susan Hayward as a socialite with a brain tumor who falls in love with her surgeon's colleague. The film also stars Michael Craig, Edward Judd and Dia ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Live It Up!'' (1963)
* ''
Keep It Up Downstairs'' (1976)
Television
* ''
Johnny, You're Wanted'' (1953)
* ''
Dixon of Dock Green
''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...
'' (1956–65)
* ''
Emergency-Ward 10
''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, ''Emergency Ward 10'' is considered to be one of British television's f ...
'' (1959–66)
* ''
The Citadel
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. ...
'' (1960–61)
* ''
The Escape of R.D.7'' (1961)
* ''
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novella ''Country Doctor'', the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictiona ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Harpers West One
''Harpers West One'' was an ATV television drama series about a fictional department store, Harpers, in the West 1 district of London.
The show was created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman and ran in one-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963. I ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Steptoe and Son
''Steptoe and Son'' is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and w ...
'' (1963–65)
* ''
No Hiding Place
''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.
It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) ...
'' (1964)
* ''
The Sullavan Brothers
''The Sullavan Brothers'' is a British television series which originally aired on ITV between 1964 and 1965.Vahimagi
p.132 One episode, "Insufficient Evidence", is believed to be lost.
Cast Main
* Hugh Manning as Robert Sullavan
* Anthony ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Danger Man
''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...
'' (1965)
* ''
The Newcomers'' (1965–66)
* ''
Sergeant Cork
''Sergeant Cork'' is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Mrs Thursday
''Mrs Thursday'' is a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television.
It stars veteran British actress Kathleen Harrison as Alice Thursday, a Cockney charwoman who inherits £10 million and the controlling interest in a mult ...
'' (1966–67)
* ''
Further Adventures of Lucky Jim'' (1967)
* ''
The Saint'' (1968)
* ''
Journey to the Unknown
''Journey to the Unknown'' is a British anthology television series, produced by Hammer Film Productions and 20th Century Fox Television. It aired on ABC from September 26, 1968, to January 30, 1969.[Parkin's Patch
''Parkin's Patch'' is a Yorkshire Television production that aired on ITV from 1969 to 1970. John Flanagan played PC Moss Parkin, a police constable in the North York Moors. The series was filmed in the North York Moors as well as certain sce ...]
'' (1969)
* ''
Strange Report
''Strange Report'' is a British television crime drama series starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969 on ITV
In the United States, NBC broadcast ''Strange Report'' between 8 Ja ...
'' (1969)
* ''
Hadleigh'' (1969)
* ''
The Doctors'' (1970–71)
* ''
Owen, M.D.'' (1971–72)
* ''
Country Matters'' (1972)
* ''
Crown Court'' (1973)
* ''
The Kids from 47A
''The Kids from 47A'' is a British children's television series produced by Associated Television. Three series were made; the first (comprising 15 episodes) was shown in 1973, the second (13 episodes) and third (13 episodes) in 1974. The third ...
'' (1973–74)
* ''
The Cedar Tree
''The Cedar Tree'' was a television serial that ran from 1976 to 1979 on ITV in the United Kingdom.
It involved the story of the upper class Bourne family before the turn of the Second World War. The main setting is Larkfield Manor, the famil ...
'' (1976–77)
* ''
Juliet Bravo
''Juliet Bravo'' is a British television police procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980, that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes on BBC1. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over con ...
'' (1980)
* ''
Terry and June
''Terry and June'' is a BBC television sitcom, which was broadcast on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of '' Happy Ever After'', and starred Terry Scott and June Whitfield as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, T ...
'' (1981)
References
Bibliography
*Baskin, Ellen . ''Serials on British Television, 1950–1994''. Scolar Press, 1996.
* Perry, Chris. ''The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013''. 2017.
* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
External links
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1915 births
2012 deaths
People from Steyning
British film actresses
British stage actresses
British television actresses
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