Soon after the Windsor Castle show Grenfell was taken ill with an eye condition, which was subsequently diagnosed as cancer. As a convinced Christian Scientist (like her aunt Nancy), she was averse to doctors and hospitals. Her husband did not share her beliefs and prevailed on her to undergo treatment. [10] The eye had to be removed and replaced with a glass one. After this Grenfell did not return to the stage, but gave talks for charitable organisations and appeared frequently on the BBC television programme Face the Music. [37]

In 1941 Grenfell appeared in her first film role, as the American mother in Carol Reed's short documentary A Letter from Home. She made three more films during the war. [20] For BBC radio, together with Potter, she wrote and starred in an occasional radio series called How to …, which ran intermittently from 1943 until 1962 offering humorous advice on how (and how not) to do things. [n 2] In 1943 she made her only attempt at acting in a stage play: she resigned from the cast of a West End production of the American comedy Junior Miss after the first three days of rehearsal, [22] finding that onstage she could only perform looking straight at an audience, and could not "act sideways", [23] although she found some film acting roles "fun to do". [24] Joyce Irene Grenfell (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English actress, comedienne, monologist and singer-songwriter. Tuppence Coloured – UK tour, followed by Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and Globe Theatre, London (1947-8) James Roose-Evans, ed. (1989). The Time of My Life: Entertaining the Troops: Her Wartime Journals. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-50283-5. Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Thirded.). Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0. In 1927 she had met Reginald Pascoe Grenfell (1903–1993), a mining executive and later a lieutenant colonel in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. [n 1] They were married two years later at St Margaret's, Westminster, and remained together until her death nearly 50 years later. [2] They were a devoted couple: Reggie Grenfell looked after his wife's financial and business affairs, and his encouragement gave her strong support. [10] After she became a celebrity she unobtrusively made sure that he was never seen as a mere adjunct to her. [12] They were unable to have children of their own. [10] Early career [ edit ]

The late JOYCE GRENFELL, OBE, was a much loved British comedienne, satirist, singer, actress, monologist, poet and writer.Joyce Phipps grew up around money and privilege. She had a London childhood and considered herself a "townie". Joyce attended the Francis Holland School in Central London, and the Christian Science School, Clearview, in South Norwood, and then she was "finished" in Paris where she attended Mlle. Ozanne's finishing school at the age of 17. In 1927, she met Reginald Pascoe Grenfell (1903–1993); they were married two years later at St. Margaret's, Westminster; they remained married for 50 years (until her death). Grenfell, Joyce (1976). Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure. London: Macdonald Futura. ISBN 978-0-86007-571-4.

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front August 1914–April 1915: Mons to Hill 60, Paul Oldfield, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2014 Herbert, Ian, ed. (1972). Who's Who in the Theatre (fifteenthed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. ISBN 978-0-273-31528-5. During the 1950s and 1960s Grenfell appeared in a number of films including as Miss Gossage in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), Police Sergeant Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's series, Mrs Barham in The Americanization of Emily and Hortense Astor in The Yellow Rolls-Royce. [20] Away from the theatre, Grenfell served as a member of the influential Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting from 1960 to 1962, and was president of the Society of Women Broadcasters and Writers. [37]

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After two provincial tours and a year in London she took the show to Broadway, where it had a sell-out eight-week run. [36] For this show there was a pit band of eight players directed by William Blezard. In later shows Grenfell simplified the format further, dispensing with dancers and band, and being accompanied only by Blezard at the piano. [36] Grenfell by Allan Warren, 1972 In October 1979 she became seriously ill and died a month later, on 30 November 1979, just before her golden wedding anniversary. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 4 December and her ashes scattered there. On 7 February 1980 a memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey. [2] [39]