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Joyce Grenfell Actor

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Feb 10, 1910
  • Died: Nov 30, 1979

Joyce Irene Grenfell, OBE was a British institution and, in her time, one of the country's best loved entertainers, immortalised in roles such as the gym mistress Miss Gossage in The Happiest Days of Your Life and Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's films. She achieved success as a writer and performer of songs and monologues at a time when it was unusual for a woman of her social background to work.

Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night. happiness

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. happiness

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 more views from Isadora Duncan

5 more views from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher