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 |
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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 November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/356800.
Barbour, Joyce. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/356800.
"Barbour, Joyce." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Barbour, Joyce, 1901-1977 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009087656
Wikidata: Joyce Barbour - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6297390
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