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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-06-21 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcestershire, England, UK

Joan Standing

Biography:

Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940.

Known For

Acting

1940

Colorado as Saloon Reader
Li'l Abner as Kitty Hoops
Grand Ole Opry as Woman (uncredited)

1935

Straight from the Heart as Mother of Crippled Boy

1934

Broadway Bill as Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
Jane Eyre as Daisy

1933

Goldie Gets Along as The Mayor's Secretary
Private Detective 62 as Client with Free (Uncredited)

1932

Emma as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Love Affair as Jim's Secretary (uncredited)

1931

Dracula as Nurse Briggs
The Age for Love as Eleanor
Young as You Feel as Lemuel's Secretary

1930

Ex-Flame as Kilmer
Extravagance as Mary
Street of Chance as Miss Abrams
Hell's Angels as Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
A Lady's Morals as Louise
For the Love o' Lil as Chambermaid

1929

Fashions in Love as Miss Weller

1928

Beau Sabreur as Maudie
Home, James as Iris Elliot

1927

The College Hero as Nellie Kelly

1926

Sandy as Alice McNeil
The Skyrocket as Sharon's Secretary
The Outsider as Pritchard
The College Flirt as Harriet Porter

1925

Faint Perfume as The Hired Girl
The Dancers as Pringle
With This Ring as Cecilie's maid
The Other Woman's Story as Tillie Crotty

1924

Greed as Selina
Empty Hearts as Hilda, the maid
Three Weeks as Isabella
Happiness as Jenny

1923

Pleasure Mad as Hulda

1922

Oliver Twist as Charlotte

1920

The Branding Iron as Maude Upper

1919