Joyce Howard

Joyce Howard (28 Februari 1922 di London – 23 November 2010 di Santa Monica, California) adalah seorang aktris, penulis, dan eksekutif film Inggris. Setelah belajar di RADA, dia ditemukan oleh sutradara film Anthony Asquith dalam sebuah drama di Teater Kedutaan London. Dia memerankan pemain berusia 19 tahun itu di Freedom Radio (1941), dan membintangi peran dalam film-film berikutnya, termasuk lawan main James Mason di The Night Has Eyes dan They Met in the Dark, yang pertama memenangkan sambutan hangatnya. Dia juga aktif di teater, termasuk Romeo dan Juliet di Old Vic dan di A Streetcar Named Desire. Dia tampil di London selama Perang Dunia II, bahkan ketika Nazi mengebom kota tersebut. Pada tahun 1950, setelah 13 film, ia kurang lebih pensiun dari dunia akting untuk membesarkan ketiga anaknya oleh aktor Basil Sydney. Howard juga memulai karir kedua sebagai penulis. Dia menulis tiga novel yang mendapat sambutan baik, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) dan Going On (2000). Dia juga menulis drama, termasuk Broken Silence, yang diproduksi oleh BBC. Setelah perceraiannya dengan Sydney, Howard menikah dengan psikoanalis Amerika Joel Shor, dan pindah ke California pada tahun 1964. Meskipun pasangan itu akhirnya berpisah, Howard tetap tinggal di California. Untuk menghidupi keluarganya sebagai ibu tunggal, dia memulai karir ketiganya sebagai analis cerita untuk jaringan televisi. Dia dipromosikan menjadi eksekutif dan editor cerita di Paramount Pictures dan Paramount TV, yang akhirnya bertanggung jawab atas akuisisi dan pengembangan properti. Dia juga terus menulis untuk televisi dan menulis perawatan asli untuk miniseri The Whiteoaks dan Picasso's Painted Ladies. Atas permintaan janda Henry Miller, Howard menyusun, mengedit, dan menulis pengantar Surat oleh Henry Miller kepada Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).

Joyce Howard (28 February 1922 in London – 23 November 2010 in Santa Monica, California) was an English actress, writer, and film executive. After studying at RADA, she was spotted by film director Anthony Asquith in a play at London's Embassy Theatre. He cast the 19-year-old in Freedom Radio (1941), and starring roles in films followed, including opposite James Mason in The Night Has Eyes and They Met in the Dark, the former winning her rave reviews. She was also active in theatre, including Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic and in A Streetcar Named Desire. She performed in London throughout World War II, even as Nazis were bombing the city. In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a writer. She wrote three well-received novels, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) and Going On (2000). She also wrote plays, including Broken Silence, which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964. Although the couple eventually separated, Howard remained in California. To support her family as a single mother, she embarked on a third career as a story analyst for network television. She was promoted to executive and story editor at Paramount Pictures and Paramount TV, eventually becoming responsible for property acquisition and development. She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for the miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard collated, edited and wrote the introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).