Joan Standing

Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress[1] best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in 63 films between 1919 and 1940.

Joan Standing
Joan Standing, 1927
Born	(1903-06-21)21 June 1903 Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Died	3 February 1979(1979-02-03) (aged 75) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1940
Relatives	Herbert Standing (grandfather) Wyndham Standing (uncle) Sir Guy Standing (uncle) Percy Standing (uncle) Jack Standing (uncle) Kay Hammond (cousin) John Standing (first cousin once removed)

Partial filmography

• The Loves of Letty (1919) - Slavey
• The Branding Iron (1920) - Maude Upper
• Silk Hosiery (1920) - Sophia Black
• Lorna Doone (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited)
• Oliver Twist (1922) - Charlotte
• Hearts Aflame (1923) - Ginger
• The Cricket on the Hearth (1923) - Tillie Slowboy
• Pleasure Mad (1923) - Hulda
• A Noise in Newboro (1923) - Dorothy Mason
• Three Weeks (1924) - Isabella
• Women Who Give (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom
• Happiness (1924) - Jenny
• What Shall I Do? (1924) - Lizzie
• The Beauty Prize (1924) - Lydia Du Bois
• Empty Hearts (1924) - Hilda, the maid
• Greed (1924) - Selina
• The Dancers (1925) - Pringle
• Faint Perfume (1925) - The Hired Girl
• Love on the Rio Grande (1925)
• Ranger of the Big Pines (1925) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• With This Ring (1925) - Cecilie's maid
• Counsel for the Defense (1925) - Printer's Devil
• The Outsider (1926) - Pritchard
• The Skyrocket (1926) - Sharon's Secretary
• Memory Lane (1926) - Maid
• Sandy (1926) - Alice McNeil
• The Little Firebrand (1926) - Miss Smyth
• Lost at Sea (1926) - Olga
• The Campus Flirt (1926) - Harriet Porter
• The First Night (1927) - Mrs. Miller
• Ritzy (1927) - Mary
• The College Hero (1927) - Nellie Kelly
• Beau Sabreur (1928) - Maudie
• Riley of the Rainbow Division (1928) - Mabel
• Home, James (1928) - Iris Elliot
• The Kid's Clever (1929) - A Girl
• The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• My Lady's Past (1929) - Maid
• Fashions in Love (1929) - Miss Weller
• The Marriage Playground (1929) - Miss Scopey
• Street of Chance (1930) - Miss Abrams
• Hell's Angels (1930) - Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
• For the Love o' Lil (1930) - Chambermaid
• Extravagance (1930) - Mary - Maid (uncredited)
• A Lady's Morals (1930) - Louise
• Ex-Flame (1930) - Kilmer
• Dracula (1931) - Nurse Briggs
• Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931) - Julia
• Young as You Feel (1931) - Lemuel's Secretary
• The Age for Love (1931) - Eleanor
• Possessed (1931) - Whitney's Secretary (uncredited)
• Emma (1932) - Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
• Broken Lullaby (1932) - Flower Shop Girl (uncredited)
• Love Affair (1932) - Jim's Secretary (uncredited)
• American Madness (1932) - Panicked Depositor (uncredited)
• Goldie Gets Along (1933) - The Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
• Private Detective 62 (1933) - Client with Free (uncredited)
• Jane Eyre (1934) - Daisy
• Broadway Bill (1934) - Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
• Behold My Wife! (1934) - Ms. Smith (uncredited)
• Straight from the Heart (1935) - Mother of Crippled Boy (uncredited)
• The Headline Woman (1935) - Sadie, Chase's Secretary (uncredited)
• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Dawson (uncredited)
• Grand Ole Opry (1940) - Woman (uncredited)
• Colorado (1940) - Saloon Reader (uncredited)
• Li'l Abner (1940) - Kitty Hoops

References

1. "Joan Standing". BFI. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

External links

• Joan Standing on IMDb