1921 - 1987
Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She played Sibella in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, and also appeared in The Man in the White Suit (1951), Young Wives' Tale (1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and Little Dorrit (1987). Greenwood worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career, appearing with Donald Wolfit's theatre company in the years following World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Greenwood has received more than 952,742 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joan Greenwood is the 6,739th most popular actor (down from 6,554th in 2019), the 4,833rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,694th in 2019) and the 797th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Joan Greenwood ranks 6,739 out of 9,996. Before her are Bodil Jørgensen, Betty Garrett, Virginia Davis, Tammy Grimes, Jeanie MacPherson, and Kirk Acevedo. After her are Nicolai Cleve Broch, Barry Keoghan, Harriet Sansom Harris, Chen Kun, Rob Estes, and Mady Christians.
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 6,733
1919 - 2011
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 6,734
1918 - 2009
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,735
1934 - 2016
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,736
1886 - 1946
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,737
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,738
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,739
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,740
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,741
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 6,742
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 6,743
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 6,744
1892 - 1951
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 6,745
Among people born in 1921, Joan Greenwood ranks 383. Before her are Ron Greenwood, Muriel Pavlow, Giuseppe Moro, James Cooke Brown, Gilbert Stork, and Günther Bechem. After her are Bill Bright, Ion Negoițescu, Spartaco Bandinelli, Art Clokey, Horace Gould, and John Lindsay. Among people deceased in 1987, Joan Greenwood ranks 219. Before her are Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Antonio Janni, Rudolf Krause, Priscilla Dean, József Kovács, and Madge Kennedy. After her are Heinz Vollmar, Viola Dana, José González Ganoza, Honorino Landa, Bayard Rustin, and Ernő Goldfinger.
1921 - 2006
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 377
1921 - 2019
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 378
1921 - 1974
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 379
1921 - 2000
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 380
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 381
1921 - 2011
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 382
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 383
1921 - 2003
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 384
1921 - 1993
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 385
1921 - 1997
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 386
1921 - 2010
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 387
1921 - 1968
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 388
1921 - 2000
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 389
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 213
1904 - 1987
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 214
1907 - 1987
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 215
1896 - 1987
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 216
1926 - 1987
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 217
1891 - 1987
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 218
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 219
1936 - 1987
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 220
1897 - 1987
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 221
1954 - 1987
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 222
1942 - 1987
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 223
1912 - 1987
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 224
1902 - 1987
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 225
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joan Greenwood ranks 4,833 out of 7,765. Before her are Alastair Reynolds (1966), Aimee Lou Wood (1995), Nick Griffin (1959), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Montagu Love (1877), and Paul McGuigan (1963). After her are John Claudius Loudon (1783), Terry Chimes (1956), David Lack (1910), Kate O'Mara (1939), Des'ree (1968), and Richard Greene (1918).
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 4,827
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 4,828
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 4,829
1871 - 1934
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 4,830
1877 - 1943
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 4,831
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 4,832
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 4,833
1783 - 1843
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 4,834
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 4,835
1910 - 1973
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 4,836
1939 - 2014
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 4,837
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 4,838
1918 - 1985
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 4,839
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joan Greenwood ranks 797. Before her are Stephanie Beacham (1947), Victoria Tennant (1950), Laura Fraser (1976), Peter Cook (1937), Aimee Lou Wood (1995), and Montagu Love (1877). After her are Kate O'Mara (1939), Richard Greene (1918), George Blagden (1989), Sophie Turner (1996), Miles Mander (1888), and Olivia d'Abo (1969).
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 791
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 792
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 793
1937 - 1995
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 794
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 795
1877 - 1943
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 796
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 797
1939 - 2014
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 798
1918 - 1985
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 799
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 800
1996 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 801
1888 - 1946
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 802
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 803