Joan Hopkins (31 August 1915 – 27 December 2002) was a British

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and film actress. During the late 1940s she appeared in starring roles in several productions, including Princess Charlotte in '' The First Gentleman'' and as Helen in the box office success '' The Weaker Sex'' (both 1948). Her final appearance was in the 1950 thriller '' Double Confession.'' After this she appeared in television for several years. She was married to the

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Henry Cass.McFarlane & Slide, p. 125.

Filmography

* '' We Dive at Dawn'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1947) * '' The First Gentleman'' (1948) * ''The Affairs of a Rogue'' (1948) * '' The Weaker Sex'' (1948) * '' Man on the Run'' (1949) * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) * '' Double Confession'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

* Brian McFarlane & Anthony Slide. ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition''. Oxford University Press, 2013. * Philip Gillett. ''Forgotten British Film: Value and the Ephemeral in Postwar Cinema''. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

External links

* 1915 births 2002 deaths British film actresses Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth Actresses from London People from Wandsworth {{UK-stage-actor-stub