Joan Standing
Joan Standing was an English actress, best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940, with the majority under contract with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios.
Biography
Standing was born into the acting Standing family on 21 June 1903 in Worcestershire, England. She was the niece of the actors Guy Standing, Wyndham Standing and Percy Standing. She was also the granddaughter of actor Herbert Standing and cousin to actress Kay Hammond.
As an actress, her first film was The Loves of Letty. Her last film appearance was in Li'l Abner.
Standing married film camera operator Otto Pierce on 26 October 1927 and they had two children. She was widowed on 22 October 1957.
Standing died from cancer on 3 February 1979 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, aged 75. She was cremated at the South Memorial Park Crematory in Pearland, Texas.
Partial filmography
The Loves of Letty - SlaveyThe Branding Iron - Maude UpperSilk Hosiery - Sophia BlackLorna Doone - Gwenny Carfax Oliver Twist - CharlotteHearts Aflame - GingerThe Cricket on the Hearth - Tillie SlowboyPleasure Mad - HuldaA Noise in Newboro - Dorothy MasonThree Weeks - IsabellaWomen Who Give - Sophia HigginboottomHappiness - JennyWhat Shall I Do? - LizzieThe Beauty Prize - Lydia Du BoisEmpty Hearts - Hilda, the maidGreed - SelinaThe Dancers - PringleFaint Perfume - The Hired GirlLove on the Rio Grande Ranger of the Big Pines - Minor Role With This Ring - Cecilie's maidCounsel for the Defense - Printer's DevilThe Outsider - PritchardThe Skyrocket - Sharon's SecretaryMemory Lane - MaidSandy - Alice McNeilThe Little Firebrand - Miss SmythLost at Sea - OlgaThe Campus Flirt - Harriet PorterThe First Night - Mrs. MillerRitzy - MaryThe College Hero - Nellie KellyBeau Sabreur - MaudieRiley of the Rainbow Division - MabelHome, James - Iris ElliotThe Kid's Clever - A GirlThe Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City - Minor Role My Lady's Past - MaidFashions in Love - Miss WellerThe Marriage Playground - Miss ScopeyStreet of Chance - Miss AbramsHell's Angels - Roy's Dancing Partner For the Love o' Lil - ChambermaidExtravagance - Mary - Maid A Lady's Morals - LouiseEx-Flame - KilmerDracula - Nurse BriggsNever the Twain Shall Meet - JuliaYoung as You Feel - Lemuel's SecretaryThe Age for Love - EleanorPossessed - Whitney's Secretary Emma - Employment Agency Clerk Broken Lullaby - Flower Shop Girl Love Affair - Jim's Secretary American Madness - Panicked Depositor Goldie Gets Along - The Mayor's Secretary Private Detective 62 - Client with Free Jane Eyre - DaisyBroadway Bill - Brooks' Phone Operator Behold My Wife! - Ms. Smith Straight from the Heart - Mother of Crippled Boy The Headline Woman - Sadie, Chase's Secretary Little Lord Fauntleroy - Dawson Grand Ole Opry - Woman Colorado - Saloon Reader Li'l Abner - Kitty Hoops