My great-aunt, I never got to meet her but my father and aunt speak of her so fondly. I am a performer myself and it's so amazing to see her in this light. I wish I was able to meet her.
Saw her on stage, & she was marvellous! Went backstage, & met Ms Grenfell afterwards. Got her autograph, & we chatted for about ten minutes’, as I was studying Speech & Drama at the time. A real thrill to have seen, met, & chatted to a wonderful lady……
A very elegant, beautiful lady, hard to imagine she was in her early 60's here, she always looked ageless, lovely beautiful green dress and pink shoes, perfect singing voice and diction.
Lady ih the church is just classic!!! I laughed so much I had to run it twice...kept missing the lines!! God bless Joyce Grenfell...we need her humor!!
Joyce Grenfell was naturally very gifted and she perfected her talent on stage in reviews, on film and eventually television. For those asking about her singing voice she took singing lessons from a lady called Anne Wood in London, a popular teacher, although Joyce never considered herself a singer. However there was such a lot of comic singing in her shows and she wanted to improve her range and volume. She was so polished and accomplished. She wrote so much of her own material. Apart from one term at RADA just prior to her marriage she had no other formal training . A remarkable woman who still gets over 100,000 views in 2017.
How does she manage it every time?? My granny was exactly like this in church. She knew the hymnal, the psalter and the prayer book by heart after decades of attendance, and you could visibly see her mind straying off as she sang a hymn or something! I used to look at her and think “I bet she’s thinking ‘Well that was a boring sermon… and his wife’s put on weight… bit daring to wear *that* in church… did I leave the gas on?…. that beef will be warmer than me anyway, they forgot to turn the heating on in here today again…. nice flowers up there, if a bit gaudy… AMEN!’”
This is one thing I am always afraid of doing when I go out leaving the gas on!!!! I have driven back home many many times to check......I love this sketch.
Found this after hearing that Joyce Grenfell was [the already much missed] Victoria Wood's first inspiration when Joyce came out at the stage door to find the 6-year-old 'Vicky'. They shared so much - and quite likely would have shared the same love for each other, if Joyce had lived longer. I'm wondering now, what does Christian Science and the Society of Friends [the Quakers] share most in common, to have attracted them?
@@arthurvasey Was it a re-run of "Re: Joyce!"? Originally a theatre shown about Joyce G. which Maureen L. wrote, produced & starred in, from the 1980s.
@@spmoran4703 She was born in Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London. Her father was a British architect, Paul Phipps, and her mother an American socialite, Nora Langhorne. Nancy Astor was one of her maternal aunts. Her social standing was such that she was a débutante at Buckingham Palace in 1928.
Too funny! Reminds me of the time I was attending a lecture with friends and upon hearing the siren of a passing fire truck, to my horror, I remembered that I had forgotten to take out a cake in the oven set at 400F. Yes, it was blackened and solidifying into a brick with the appearance of cooled lava. A good recipe to replace tarmac.
It's just been suggested to me that I need a "connected oven" so I can check that I've turned it off when I'm out. And Joyce's wonderful little song came immediately to mind.
@@ghughesarch I think Merry Wives Of Windsor is very funny, unless done by the RSC. But it's like everything else, different people enjoy different things.
