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Joy Winstanley Shelton (3 June 1922 – 28 January 2000) was an
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actress who performed in films, radio and television.


Biography

Joy Shelton was born in
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, and trained at
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. She appeared in a number of British films in the 1940s and '50s, including two by
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including ''
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'' (1943), which traced the wartime life of an ordinary London family, and '' Waterloo Road'' (1945), in which she was fought over by
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and
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. Shelton was a radio personality and played the part of Joan Carr in ''The Adventures of PC 49'' for the
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. This series ran from 1947 until 1953, totalling 112 episodes. She also appeared in the film version, ''
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'' (1950). In 1944, Shelton married the actor
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; the couple's marriage lasted until he died in 1979 and they had three children, Jennifer, Jeremy and Jonathan. Shelton and Tafler acted together in a total of six films. Jennifer Tafler acted as a child and appeared with both her parents in the film ''
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'' (1952), directed by Shelton's brother-in-law,
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. Jonathan has been a member of the
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and the BBC Radio Drama Company and features in the
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film '' Yentl'' (1983). Joy Shelton died on 28 January 2000 at the age of 77.


Major films

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Millions Like Us ''Millions Like Us'' is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It starred Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Eric Portman and Megs Jenkins. It was co-written and co-directed ...
'' (1943) – Phyllis Crowson * '' Bees in Paradise'' (1944) – Almura * '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) – Tillie Colter * ''
Send for Paul Temple ''Send for Paul Temple'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton and Tamara Desni. Paul Temple is called in by Scotland Yard after a major diamond theft. It was the first of four film adaptati ...
'' (1946) – Steve Trent * ''
Uneasy Terms ''Uneasy Terms'' is a 1948 British crime thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Michael Rennie, Moira Lister and Faith Brook. It is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Peter Cheyney. Premise Slim Callaghan is a private ey ...
'' (1948) – Effie * ''
No Room at the Inn ''No Room at the Inn'' is a 1945 play by Joan Temple that became a 1948 film directed by Daniel Birt. Both play and film are presented in flashback mode and share the same subject matter – cruelty, neglect and mental and physical abuse meted ...
'' (1948) – Judith Drave * ''
Once a Sinner Once a Sinner may refer to: * Once a Sinner (1950 film) ''Once a Sinner'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Pat Kirkwood, Jack Watling and Joy Shelton. Plot Bank clerk John Ross (Jack Watling) falls for good ...
'' (1950) – Vera Lamb * ''
Midnight Episode ''Midnight Episode'' is a 1950 British thriller mystery film directed by Gordon Parry. It is based on the novel ''Monsieur La Souris'' written by Georges Simenon in the year 1938, and adapted for screen by Rita Barisse. It featured Stanley Ho ...
'' (1950) – Mrs. Arnold * ''
A Case for PC 49 ''A Case for PC 49'' is a 1951 British mystery film directed by Francis Searle and starring Brian Reece, Joy Shelton and Christine Norden.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.79 It was made by Hammer Films at Bray Studios. The film was based on a popular ra ...
'' (1951) – Joan Carr * ''
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'' (1952) – Laura Bishop * ''
Park Plaza 605 ''Park Plaza 605'', released as ''Norman Conquest'' in the United States, is a 1953 British crime film. Made as a B movie, it stars Tom Conway, Eva Bartok, and Joy Shelton, and also features Sid James and Richard Wattis. It is based on the ''No ...
'' (1953) – Pixie Everard * ''
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'' (1954) – Elizabeth Curtiss * '' No Kidding'' (''Beware of Children'' in USA) (1960) – Mrs Rockbottom * ''
Five Golden Hours ''Five Golden Hours'' is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and written by Hans Wilhelm, starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders, and featuring Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier. Plot Aldo Bondi (Kovacs) ...
'' (1961) – Lady Guest * ''
The Greengage Summer ''The Greengage Summer'' (called ''The Loss of Innocence'' in the U.S.) is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York (in her first leading role). It was based on the novel ''The Greengage Su ...
'' (1961) – Mrs. Grey * ''
H.M.S. Defiant ''H.M.S. Defiant'' (released as ''Damn the Defiant!'' in the United States) is a British naval war CinemaScope and Technicolor film from 1962 starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde. It tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship ...
'' (1962) – Mrs Crawford – ''Damn the Defiant'' in USA


TV series

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My Wife Jacqueline ''My Wife Jacqueline'' is a British sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service in 1952. It starred Leslie Phillips and Joy Shelton as a young married couple. For Phillips it was his first lead in a television serial. Cast *Leslie Phillips ...
'' (1952) – BBC * ''Roots'' (1979) – British TV series, not to be confused with the 1977 American miniseries ''
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'' and ''
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 ...
'' – single episodes


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Joy 1922 births 2000 deaths Deaths from emphysema English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses 20th-century English actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art