I met Joyce Grenfell's husband many many years ago. Quiet and gentle man. I always loved Joyce Grenfell's programmes, radio and television, such a consummate performer whose attention to detail in her research and writing was beyond others in her field, we are lucky to have her work to look back on and enjoy.
Can’t get enough of Joyce. Love all her monologues. Such love of characters and perception of people’s foibles. She obviously inspires forthcoming comedians, Pete Hutley, Newcastle. Australia.
Joyce Grenfell was one of those delightful character stars that made British cimera delightful. She may have been on the screen a short time but her performance stayed with you. Even the serious performance she did as Julie Andrews' mother in THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY , really showed tha humanity and the futility of war which the movie tried to bring out. Every comic artor or actress has their serious side when they can do if the script asks for it and Miss Grenfell was magnificent in that role. She was delightful in any movie she appeared it. Character stars can always find work when the main stars can't. It's sad we don't have people to play those roles these days in modern films.
Fabulous. Thank you. I did not see Joyce, but i did see Wonderful Maureen ‘doing her’. Was SO incredibly good. From Very British Susie, living in Melbourne , Australia, ( only to be nesr family) sadly Australians do not and NEVER understand the subtleness of Britis humour. Sigh.
Victoria Wood's not quite right, there was one character she did that was not loving and that was "Author Of Children's Books", a take on prolific childrens author Enid Blyton where she mercilessly lampoons Blyton's writing style. This sketch stands out from the rest of her monologues because it is harsh.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 gotta admit, as genteel hatchet jobs go, it's one of the best I've ever heard. Dripping with sarcasm. It's unlike her other monologues, She really hated Enid Blyton!
@@seedhillbruisermusic7939 I don't blame her really. I know Enid is still fondly remembered but I never liked her stuff. I had one of the racist Noddy books when I was very young. There was a "Naughty black sambo" in it. But as I thought Noddy was an annoying drip, I was on the side of the "villain" and was very happy when he knobbled Noddy's car. Then my aunt bought me two Famous Five books that were absolutely identical except for the locations. Joyce nailed it when she did her sketch. As an aside, Biddy Baxter, the creator of Blue Peter, wrote to Enid Blyton when she was little. She was so thrilled to receive a personal reply that she sent another letter asking a specific question. She was disillusioned when she received exactly the same reply. Years later she decided that should never happen to a Blue Peter viewer and created a filing system that recorded the details of each letter the show received and these would be checked before replies were sent out.
JG didn't feel comfortable about that sketch because it was genuinely negative - she didn't keep it in her regular repertoire. But she definitely felt that Blyton was a second-rate writer who was turning out her stuff on an industrial scale (not inaccurate, if you read the Barbara Stoney biography).
An absolute joy , never get tired from watching her, so clever & talented. 🙂
I met Joyce Grenfell's husband many many years ago. Quiet and gentle man. I always loved Joyce Grenfell's programmes, radio and television, such a consummate performer whose attention to detail in her research and writing was beyond others in her field, we are lucky to have her work to look back on and enjoy.
Can’t get enough of Joyce. Love all her monologues. Such love of characters and perception of people’s foibles. She obviously inspires forthcoming comedians, Pete Hutley, Newcastle. Australia.
Joyce Grenfell was one of those delightful character stars that made British cimera delightful. She may have been on the screen a short time but her performance stayed with you. Even the serious performance she did as Julie Andrews' mother in THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY , really showed tha humanity and the futility of war which the movie tried to bring out. Every comic artor or actress has their serious side when they can do if the script asks for it and Miss Grenfell was magnificent in that role. She was delightful in any movie she appeared it. Character stars can always find work when the main stars can't. It's sad we don't have people to play those roles these days in modern films.
Such a delightful and entertaining artiste. Loved her humility and obvious compassion. ROP
wonderful woman, wonderful memories - thank you for posting
The return to 'STYLE'!💐💐💐🇬🇧💐💐💐
Fabulous. Thank you. I did not see Joyce, but i did see Wonderful Maureen ‘doing her’. Was SO incredibly good. From Very British Susie, living in Melbourne , Australia, ( only to be nesr family) sadly Australians do not and NEVER understand the subtleness of Britis humour. Sigh.
What a wonderful woman ❤
Many of her monologues remind me of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Delightful Joyce & a fitting tribute.
Joyce was doing monologues before Alan Bennett wrote monologues.
George. Don't do that!!! Memories!😂
The late Joyce G and the late Victoria Wood. What a treat!!
Sne was an original, one of the best.
Sne was 😊
"Nark it" haha
Victoria Wood's not quite right, there was one character she did that was not loving and that was "Author Of Children's Books", a take on prolific childrens author Enid Blyton where she mercilessly lampoons Blyton's writing style. This sketch stands out from the rest of her monologues because it is harsh.
It's certainly merciless, but it's also the most genteel hatchet job ever. Only Joyce Grenfell could be so gracefully savage.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 gotta admit, as genteel hatchet jobs go, it's one of the best I've ever heard. Dripping with sarcasm. It's unlike her other monologues, She really hated Enid Blyton!
@@seedhillbruisermusic7939 I don't blame her really. I know Enid is still fondly remembered but I never liked her stuff. I had one of the racist Noddy books when I was very young. There was a "Naughty black sambo" in it. But as I thought Noddy was an annoying drip, I was on the side of the "villain" and was very happy when he knobbled Noddy's car.
Then my aunt bought me two Famous Five books that were absolutely identical except for the locations. Joyce nailed it when she did her sketch.
As an aside, Biddy Baxter, the creator of Blue Peter, wrote to Enid Blyton when she was little. She was so thrilled to receive a personal reply that she sent another letter asking a specific question. She was disillusioned when she received exactly the same reply. Years later she decided that should never happen to a Blue Peter viewer and created a filing system that recorded the details of each letter the show received and these would be checked before replies were sent out.
JG didn't feel comfortable about that sketch because it was genuinely negative - she didn't keep it in her regular repertoire. But she definitely felt that Blyton was a second-rate writer who was turning out her stuff on an industrial scale (not inaccurate, if you read the Barbara Stoney biography).
Thank u, I knew so little of Joyce until this but remember her in Hitchcock’s Stagefright
I did not recognise Maureen Lipman last time.
Joyce Grenfell unforgettable as Agatha Femm in the movie "the old dark house" 1963.
Oh wow - in the remake - didn't know she was in that! The 1930s original is still amazing - quite unnerving.
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Gary Young titanic story could a story for Thunderbirds or stingray iCloud write it