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Joan Rice Profile
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| 3 February 30 | is born in Derby, Derbyshire, England |
| ? | spends her childhood in Nottingham |
| ? | is educated at a Nottingham convent |
| 49 | works as a waitress in Lyon’s restaurant in London, where she is crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949" |
| ? | is signed to a two-year contract by Arthur J. Rank |
| July 52 | is engaged to "a regular pip of a fellow," a Briton named Martin Boyce, the manager of an auto parts factory/manufacturer of air compressors. "We went together for a year and three months before he proposed," she reveals. "As I recall it, we held hands after four months, then he kissed me on the sixth month of our meeting each other and things were on a standstill after that, until I got the news I was coming to the States." |
| is off to the Fiji Islands for East Meets West opposite Burt Lancaster |
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| August 52 | flashes her engagement ring from Boyce at the Hollywood wolves |
| February 53 | dates David Green, son of veteran comedian Harry Green, in London |
| 53 | marries film publicist David Green |
| December 53 | she and Green expect their baby Christmas Day in London |
| Christmas 53 | her son is born in London |
| 1 January 97 | dies at age 66 |
| Sources: Picture Show Who's Who, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Nevada State Journal, The Charleroi Mail, Gazette and Bulletin, Picturegoer, Mansfield News-Journal, www.IMDb.com | |
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