Joyce Redman

1501-1536) in the play "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1948) by Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959).

Redman played an elderly Queen Victoria (1819-1901, reigned 1837-1901) in the mini-television series "Victoria & Albert" (2001). Afterwards she retired from acting.

The award was instead won by rival actress Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972).

Had a twin sister, Rosalind (1915-2012), who died two days prior to her.

The award was instead won by rival actress Shelley Winters (1920-2006).

Many sources claim she is the aunt of actress Amanda Redman. However, this does not seem likely as Joyce Redman (who was born to a British father and an Irish mother, whose maiden name was McCormick) had no brothers and grew up in Ireland; while Amanda Redman's father Ronald (1929-1980) was born in London to parents from Yorkshire (his mother's maiden name was Butler) and grew up in the UK.

Joyce Redman was an Anglo-Irish actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, without ever winning the award. Redman was born in an Anglo-Irish family in Northumberland. The family eventually moved back to County Mayo, Ireland, where Redman was raised. She and her three sisters were educated at home by a private governess. Redman later pursued an acting education, and was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. She graduated from the Academy in 1936, at the age of 21. Redman remained primarily a theatrical actress for decades, though she also appeared in television films. She performed at both the Comédie-Française in Paris and The Old Vic in London. One for her theatrical hits was playing the role of Anne Boleyn (c.

Redman made her film debut in the spiritualism-themed drama "Spellbound" (1941), where she played an unnamed maid.

Her first credited role was that of Jet van Dieren in the war film "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" (1942). The film was an unusually realist take on the war, and has been considered a classic of British cinema. Redman's next film appearance was the double role of Mrs. Waters and Jenny Jones. In the film, Mrs. Waters has a sexual affair with protagonist Tom Jones (played by Albert Finney), before revealing to him that she is his long-lost biological mother Jenny Jones. For this role, Redman was first nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1949, she appeared in this role in New York City, to great success.

In 1955, Redman in 1955, joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she primarily appeared in Shakespearean roles.

Redman next appeared in "Othello" (1965), an adaptation of the 1603 play by William Shakespeare. Redman played Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's maidservant. In the play and its adaptations, Emilia steals Desdemona's handkerchief and hands it over to Iago. Iago then uses the stolen handkerchief to frame Desdemona for adultery. When Emilia denounces her husband's plan, Iago kills his wife in order to silence her. For this role Redman gained her second and last nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Redman's following film appearance was the comedy film "Prudence and the Pill" (1968), where five couples use contraceptive pills to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

Her final film role was the drama film "A Different Kind of Love" (1985), playing the lead role of Mrs. Prior. In the film, Mrs. Prior urges her son to marry, despite the fact that her son is homosexual and has an ongoing relationship with another man.