Joan Benham
Joan Benham ( born May 17, 1918 in London, † June 13, 1981 in Westminster, London) was a British actress.
Life
Benhams career first began in the late 1930s in London's West End as a theater actress. Although her acting activities mainly concentrated later on British television, she took over at regular intervals of their careers repeatedly theater roles. On Broadway, she played Helena in 1954, the resumption of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as a partner of Patrick Macnee in the role of Demetrius.
Became famous for Joan Benham particularly through her portrayal of Lady Prudence Fairfaix, a good friend of the family, in the series The house in Eaton Place. These regularly recurring, continuous series role she played in all five seasons of this 1971-1975 produced by ITV London family history of the early 20th century to the time of the Great Depression.
Benham also took on roles in movies. In memory it remains, above all by two roles: as a house mother Alice Fanbraid in the Miss Marple film ahoy murderer! by Agatha Christie, and as a secretary Miss Potter at Hotel International (The VIPs ). In both films, she played on the side of Margaret Rutherford.
In addition, she played from 1972 to 1973 in the British television series Doctor in Charge and in 1974 in the series Father Brown. For the British television, she has appeared in film adaptations of plays, such as in Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. 1981 Benham played her last role as Melinda Spry in the British sitcom Terry and June.