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Joan Rice (3 February 1930 – 1 January 1997) was an English film actress. Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) which co-starred Burt Lancaster.
Joan Rice was born on 3 February 1930 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) and I Promised to Pay (1961).
Joan Rice – Whatever happened to her Film Career. This is a question that many of us film fans of the era ask – and have asked for years. Joan Rice was discovered and signed up by Rank then prepared and trained as an actress, getting her first film role in Blackmailed with Dirk Bogarde.
Joan Rice was born on February 3, 1930 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) and I Promised to Pay (1961). She was married to Ken McKenzie and David Green.
“Joan Rice who has died aged 66 [1997], was a Rank starlet of the 1950’s; her best remembered role was Maid Marian in Disney’s Robin Hood (1952) opposite Richard Todd. Hers was a Cinderella story without the glass slipper.
On January 1, 1997, Derby’s Joan Rice died. Maybe not a name that is remembered except by Film Fans of the fifties era – and to us, she is very well known indeed – and very well liked. Her natural, dark-haired beauty lent itself just as easily to exotic island beauties as it did to perfect English roses.
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men: Directed by Ken Annakin. With Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter. When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power.
