Joyce Barbour

Joyce Barbour (1901–1977) was an English actress. She was the wife of the actor Richard Bird.

Barbour was born in Birmingham on 27 March 1901 the daughter of Horace and Miriam Barbour, her father was an assurance clerk and later a hotel manager. She made her first stage appearance in Birmingham as a pantomime fairy in 1914. She first appeared on the London stage in 1925 at the Gaiety Theatre in the chorus.

Her theatre work included the original productions of Rodgers and Hart's Present Arms (1928), and Spring is Here (1929) on Broadway; and the musical Ever Green (1930) in London's West End. She also played in the original production of Noël Coward's Words and Music at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1932. In 1950 she appeared in Esther McCracken's Cry Liberty.

Barbour married actor Richard Bird in 1931 in London. She died on 16 March 1977 in Hospital at Northwood, Middlesex, aged 75.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1901 (Birmingham), Died March 14, 1977

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 76672 12-in. approximately 10/29/1919 If I were a boy Joyce Barbour ; Daisy Elliston ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra Vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist  
Columbia 76673 12-in. approximately 10/29/1919 My home while you wait Joyce Barbour ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barbour, Joyce," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/356800.

Barbour, Joyce. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/356800.

"Barbour, Joyce." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/356800

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