Joan Clarkson
Joan Rosaline Clarkson was an English actress who was most active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life
Clarkson was born in Tottenham, London, the daughter of Frederick William Clarkson and Ellen Theresa Clarkson.Career
Clarkson was an actress associated with English theatre producer Charles B. Cochran, who called her his "English rose". She was known for her long blonde hair, and her contract with Cochran required her to surrender half her salary if she cut her hair in a bob. Her stage credits included roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, The Little Whopper, An Old-Fashioned Girl ''Fun of the Fayre, The Happy Ending, John Galsworthy's Havoc, Cochran's 1930 Revue, Noël Coward's revue sketches A Tube Station, Ignorance is Bliss,The English Lido, and Rules of Three, and Sunshine Sisters.On film, Clarkson was best known for her appearances as Karamaneh in The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu'', a 1923 series of more than a dozen short silent films, based on the 1913 novel and starring Harry Agar Lyons. Dorinea Shirley also played the Karamaneh in some later installments. Philip de László painted a portrait of her in a white dress in 1935.