Joyce Bland (10 May 1906 – 24 August 1963) was a Welsh film actress.BFI.org
Early life Joyce Bland was born in 1906, at Caerleon, Wales. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career Bland made her stage debut on tour in 1927 in The Constant Nymph. She then returned to London and understudied Tallulah Bankhead. In 1935 she appeared in the historical play Mary Tudor.
Her interpretation of the role of Goneril in King Lear was considered "extraordinary" and "sinister".John Berryman, Berryman's Shakespeare: Essays, Letters, and Other Writings (Tauris Park 2001): 131. However, another critic referred to her as "the aptly named Joyce Bland," who "spoke finely" and "looked beautiful" as Desdemona in Othello at Stratford.Michael Neill, "Introduction" in The Oxford Shakespeare: Othello (Oxford University Press 2008): 104.
Later she went to North America where she appeared in Shakespearean roles."Two Plays End Shakespearean Week at Walker" Winnipeg Tribune (11 November 1929): 8. via Newspapers.com
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1932 Goodnight, Vienna Countess Helga The Flag Lieutenant Mrs. Cameron The Barton Mystery Helen Barton 1933 The Crime at Blossoms Valerie Merryman 1935 The Right Age to Marry Ellen 1936 A Touch of the Moon Mrs. Fairclough Spy of Napoleon The Empress1937 Dreaming Lips Christine Victoria the Great Florence Nightingale Cymbeline Imogen TV film Genius at Home Jane Carlyle TV film1938 Coming of Age Isobel Strudwick Chips Lady Sixty Glorious Years Florence Nightingale The Citadel Nurse Sharp 1939 England's Shakespeare Rosalind Documentary short
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