Joy Shelton

Joy Shelton

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

Biography

Joy Shelton was born in London on 3 June 1922. She appeared in a number of British films in the 1940s & 50s, most notably in two by Sidney Gilliat, "Millions Like Us", which traced the wartime life of an ordinary London family, and "Waterloo Road", in which she was fought over by John Mills and Stewart Granger. She was a popular radio personality and played the part of Joan Carr in "The Adventures of PC 49" for the BBC. This series ran from 1947 until 1953, and had 112 episodes. She also appeared in the film version, "A Case for PC 49" (1950).

In 1944, Joy Shelton married the actor Sydney Tafler, and they were married until his death in 1979. The couple acted together in a total of six films. They had three children, Jennifer, Jeremy and Jonathan. Jennifer acted as a child and appeared with both her parents in the film "Emergency Call" (1952), directed by Shelton's brother-in-law, Lewis Gilbert. Jonathan Tafler has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC Radio Drama Company and features in the Barbra Streisand film "Yentl".

Joy Shelton died on 28 January 2000 at the age of 77.

Major Films

* "Millions Like Us" - 1943 - as Phyllis Crowson
* "Waterloo Road" - 1944 - as Tillie Colter
* "No Room at the Inn" - 1948 - as Judith Drave
* "Uneasy Terms" - 1948 - as Effie
* "A Case for PC 49" - 1950 - as Joan Carr
* "Once a Summer" - 1950 - as Vera Lamb
* "Emergency Call" - 1952 - as Laura Bishop
* "Impulse" - 1954 - as Elizabeth Curtiss
* "No Kidding" ("Beware of Children" in USA) - 1960 - as Mrs Rockbottom
* "H.M.S. Defiant" ("Damn the Defiant" in USA) - 62 - as Mrs Crawford.

TV performances

* The British TV series "My Wife Jacqueline" - BBC 1952
* The British TV series "Roots" (not to be confused with the American series of 1981 with the same name, based on the novel by Alex Haley) - 1979
* Single episodes in the series "Z Cars" and "Dixon of Dock Green"

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