Joyce Barbour
English actress (1901–1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joyce Barbour (27 March 1901 – 16 March 1977) was an English actress.[1] She was the wife of the actor Richard Bird.[2]
Joyce Barbour | |
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Born | (1901-03-27)27 March 1901 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
Died | 16 March 1977(1977-03-16) (aged 75) Northwood, Middlesex, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Film and Stage Actress |
Spouse | Richard Bird |
Barbour was born in Birmingham on 27 March 1901 the daughter of Horace and Miriam Barbour, her father was an assurance clerk and later a hotel manager. She made her first stage appearance in Birmingham as a pantomime fairy in 1914.[3] She first appeared on the London stage in 1925 at the Gaiety Theatre in the chorus.[3]
Her theatre work included the original productions of Rodgers and Hart's Present Arms (1928), and Spring is Here (1929) on Broadway; and the musical Ever Green (1930) in London's West End.[4][5] She also played in the original production of Noël Coward's Words and Music at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1932.[6] In 1950 she appeared in Esther McCracken's Cry Liberty.
Barbour married actor Richard Bird in 1931 in London.[7] She died on 16 March 1977 in Hospital at Northwood, Middlesex, aged 75.[3]