Acting
Joan Winfield
Born September 24, 1918 · Melbourne, Australia
Died June 16, 1978 · aged 59
No biography available.
Known For
Mildred Pierce · 1945Mildred Pierce
★ 7.61945
MovieCrimeDrama
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Gentleman Jim · 1942Gentleman Jim
★ 7.21942
MovieDramaComedy
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
The Male Animal · 1942The Male Animal
★ 4.51942
MovieComedyRomance
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Mr. Skeffington · 1944Mr. Skeffington
★ 6.81944
MovieDramaRomance
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
The Egyptian · 1954The Egyptian
★ 6.51954
MovieHistoryDrama
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Johnny Belinda · 1948Johnny Belinda
★ 6.91948
MovieDrama
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
The Jazz Singer · 1953The Jazz Singer
★ 6.01953
MovieMusicDrama
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
The Helen Morgan Story · 1957The Helen Morgan Story
★ 5.31957
MovieDramaMusic
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Filmography
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Mildred Pierce · 1945Mildred Pierce
★ 7.61945
MovieCrimeDrama
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Piano Teacher (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda · 1948Johnny Belinda
★ 6.91948
MovieDrama
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Mrs. Moore (uncredited)
Bullets for O'Hara · 1941Bullets for O'Hara
★ 5.01941
MovieRomanceCrime
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
Marjorie Palmer
Manpower · 1941Manpower
★ 6.51941
MovieCrimeDrama
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
Nurse Holding Baby (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars · 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
★ 6.21943
MovieComedyMusic
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Cigarette Girl in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow · 1943Mission to Moscow
★ 5.71943
MovieWarDrama
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live · 1941Dangerously They Live
★ 6.31941
MovieRomanceWar
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
Nurse (uncredited)










