Joy Westmore

Joy Westmore
Joy Westmore
Born	1932 (age 87–88); Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Joy Grisold (maiden name)
Occupation	Actress (radio, stage, television)
Years active	early 1950s - 2013
Known for	Prisoner also known as Prisoner Cell Block H aka Caged Women - Officer Barry/Joyce Pringle (maiden name Joyce Barry)
Notable work	The Sentimental Bloke (TV movie), Prisoner, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Cluedo

Joy Westmore (née Grisold; born in 1932)[1] is an Australian actress, of radio, theatre and television, she best known to international television viewers for her long-running role in Prisoner - as friendly but highly ineffectual bespectacled officer Joyce Barry Pringle - whom was married to prison chef Mervin Pringle (played by Ernie Bourne) in which she won a Penguin Award.

She made her debut in the television movie The Sentimental Bloke, and then played Joyce in Prisoner. Initially a recurring cast member throughout the first five years of the show, the part of Officer Barry was developed into a major character in 1984, and continued until the series' finale in 1986.

After Prisoner, she played Mrs. Blanche White in an Australian TV game show version of Cluedo, and had two brief roles in Neighbours - as Mrs. Forster in 1991; and as Dee Bliss' grandmother, Nancy Bliss, in 2003.

Joy has since played various small roles in one-off and long-running dramas - Waiting at the Royal, Fergus McPhail, and Blue Heelers - and is an Australian media personality and speaker. She was married to Brian William Westmore, in 1960 and had 4 children

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1976	The Sullivans" (TV series)
1976	The Sentimental Bloke (TV movie)
1977	Bellbird	Guest roles - Bella - Stella
1978	Summerfield	Mrs. Shields
1979	The Odd Angry Shot	Bill's Mother
1979	Taxi	Mrs. Peters
1980	Stage Fright	Matron
1983	A Slice of Life	Receptionist 1
1984	A Test of Love	Receptionist
1986	The More Things Change	Mrs. Deagan
1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	Lady Gwen Patterson
1988	Col'n Carpenter
1991	The Worst Day of my Life (TV series)
1992	Cluedo	Mrs. White
1994	The Damnation of Harvey McHugh	Head Warder
2000	Waiting at the Royal	Diana's Mother
1991-2003	Neighbours	Mrs. Forster - Nancy Bliss
2004	Fergus McPhail	Mrs. Vance
1994-2005	Blue Heelers	3 roles - Mrs. Buchanan - Anne Duffy - Dora Tufnell
2011	The Op Shop (short)	Claudia
2013	Echo (short film)	Mother
2013	It's a Date	June
1979-1986	Prisoner aka Prisoner: Cell Block H	Mrs. Joyce Barry

Regular roles

Year	Title	Role
1972-1975	The Graham Kennedy Show
1974-1976	Ernie Sigley Show
1976	Ernie (hosted by Enrie Sigley)
1977	Blankety Blanks	Panellist
1986	Punchlines (TV Special)

Awards

Penguin Award - Joyce Barry in Prisoner

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References

Richard Lane. "Prisoner:Cell Block H".

External links

Joy Westmore on IMDb

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[book-1] Richard Lane. "Prisoner:Cell Block H".