Joan Rice (3 February 1930 â€" 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. Apart from
that she played Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie
Men (1952), played the graverobber's wife in The Horror of
Frankenstein and appeared in Operation Bullshine. For several years in
the early and mid-1950s, Rice was considered one of 'Rank's top
stars'. She was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a Lyons
Corner House in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and
thereafter trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".
actress.Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film His
Majesty O'Keefe (1954) which co-starred Burt Lancaster. Apart from
that she played Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie
Men (1952), played the graverobber's wife in The Horror of
Frankenstein and appeared in Operation Bullshine. For several years in
the early and mid-1950s, Rice was considered one of 'Rank's top
stars'. She was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a Lyons
Corner House in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and
thereafter trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".
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