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BAT Beauties 3rd Series No29 Joan Morgan 1905-2004
Joan Morgan was born in Forest Hill, London, England.
Joan starred in at least 34 drama, crime, comedy movies from childhood, often under the direction of her father Sidney Morgan, making her film début in Maurice Elvey's 'The Cup Final Mystery' starring Elisabeth Risdon in 1914, followed by 'The Great Spy Raid' starring Harry Lorraine at P&M Films.
With the outbreak of the First World War, her father volunteered and was turned down. Realising that the war was going to be a long one, he sent Joan and her mother to America in November 1915.
In New York, she played in a handful of pictures at Fort Lee, one of which - 'The Reapers' (1916), with John Mason and Warner Oland. She was remembered as being exceptional. Six months later, she and her mother returned to England. Ideal Films were looking for a child to play opposite Ellen Terry in 'Her Greatest Performance'. Joan was cast as her granddaughter.
In 1920 Joan was offered a Hollywood contract by the Famous Players-Lasky Film Co who had opened a studio at Islington London, that was soon to become Gainsborough, and hired Joan to play opposite Bryan Washburn in 'The Road to London' in 1921 she got £30 a week, Famous Players offered her $100 a week to start with, her father Sidney Morgan went up to meet them and they asked, what he thought to this offer made to his daughter? He said "not much" and that was that. Joan said, "I just died inside".
In 1926, Joan's parents split up and Joan stayed with her mother in Chelsea. Her last major role was in her father's A Window in Piccadilly, in which she played both the daughter of a famous violinist and her own mother. It was a silent.
Although Joan Morgan made a talkie in 1932, 'Her Reputation', she was no longer in demand as an actress. Luckily, she was able to step sideways into scriptwriting, using the names Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood.
A play written by Joan Morgan, This was a Woman, was a success on the stage in London in 1944 and in Paris in 1947.
Joan never married always stating that she was always the happiest Loner.
Joan died Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 22 July 2004 of .natural causes aged 99 years.
BAT Beauties 3rd Series No29 Joan Morgan 1905-2004
Joan Morgan was born in Forest Hill, London, England.
Joan starred in at least 34 drama, crime, comedy movies from childhood, often under the direction of her father Sidney Morgan, making her film début in Maurice Elvey's 'The Cup Final Mystery' starring Elisabeth Risdon in 1914, followed by 'The Great Spy Raid' starring Harry Lorraine at P&M Films.
With the outbreak of the First World War, her father volunteered and was turned down. Realising that the war was going to be a long one, he sent Joan and her mother to America in November 1915.
In New York, she played in a handful of pictures at Fort Lee, one of which - 'The Reapers' (1916), with John Mason and Warner Oland. She was remembered as being exceptional. Six months later, she and her mother returned to England. Ideal Films were looking for a child to play opposite Ellen Terry in 'Her Greatest Performance'. Joan was cast as her granddaughter.
In 1920 Joan was offered a Hollywood contract by the Famous Players-Lasky Film Co who had opened a studio at Islington London, that was soon to become Gainsborough, and hired Joan to play opposite Bryan Washburn in 'The Road to London' in 1921 she got £30 a week, Famous Players offered her $100 a week to start with, her father Sidney Morgan went up to meet them and they asked, what he thought to this offer made to his daughter? He said "not much" and that was that. Joan said, "I just died inside".
In 1926, Joan's parents split up and Joan stayed with her mother in Chelsea. Her last major role was in her father's A Window in Piccadilly, in which she played both the daughter of a famous violinist and her own mother. It was a silent.
Although Joan Morgan made a talkie in 1932, 'Her Reputation', she was no longer in demand as an actress. Luckily, she was able to step sideways into scriptwriting, using the names Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood.
A play written by Joan Morgan, This was a Woman, was a success on the stage in London in 1944 and in Paris in 1947.
Joan never married always stating that she was always the happiest Loner.
Joan died Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 22 July 2004 of .natural causes aged 99 years.