Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6865 |
| Birthday | 1903-06-21 |
| Place of Birth | Worcestershire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1931
Dracula
7.169/1370
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula ensla...
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Dracula
1924
Greed
7.321/201
When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia...
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Greed
1930
Ex-Flame
9/1
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from h...
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Ex-Flame
1926
Sandy
10/1
Sandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents runs with a fast young set. An auto breakdown after a pa...
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Sandy
1924
Empty Hearts
7/1
Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and engaging Clara Bow), doesn't care -- she turns dow...
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Empty Hearts
1923
Pleasure Mad
8/1
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Pleasure Mad
1926
The Skyrocket
10/1
In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but are separated when Sharon is placed in an orphanage....
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The Skyrocket
1925
Faint Perfume
7/1
After a stormy six year marriage, Barnaby Powers divorces his wife Richmiel. She returns home, taking their young son Oliver with her. Barnaby follows...
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Faint Perfume
1934
Broadway Bill
6.023/22
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his j...
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Broadway Bill
1932
Broken Lullaby
7.466/44
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each h...
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Broken Lullaby
1930
Extravagance
4.4/10
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Al...
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Extravagance
1934
Jane Eyre
5.167/12
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
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Jane Eyre
1930
Street of Chance
6.773/11
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...
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Street of Chance
1931
The Age for Love
9/1
A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.
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The Age for Love
1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division
8/1
Two pals enlist in the army during World War I. Just before they complete training camp and are to be sent overseas, they're scheduled to marry their...
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Riley of the Rainbow Division
1924
Three Weeks
7/1
A young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
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Three Weeks
1922
Oliver Twist
6.375/16
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc...
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Oliver Twist
1920
The Branding Iron
7/1
Pierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him take a branding iron to her to mark her as his property...
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The Branding Iron
1930
Hell's Angels
6.505/106
When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
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Hell's Angels
1932
American Madness
6.898/49
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank r...
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American Madness
1932
Emma
6.6/15
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
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Emma
1940
Colorado
6.4/5
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are c...
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Colorado
1930
A Lady's Morals
5/6
Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.
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A Lady's Morals
1931
Never the Twain Shall Meet
4.8/5
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one...
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
1940
Li'l Abner
6.071/14
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him f...
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Li'l Abner
1927
The College Hero
5.25/4
A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpectedly to play for his team in the season's key game.
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The College Hero
1929
Fashions in Love
7/1
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Fashions in Love
1940
Grand Ole Opry
7.5/2
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
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Grand Ole Opry
1925
The Dancers
7.5/2
Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in search of his fortune. He soon becomes the owner of a s...
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The Dancers
1924
Happiness
9/1
The adventures of a young shopgirl who learns that having money is not the key to happiness.
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Happiness
1931
Young as You Feel
9/1
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclinatio...
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Young as You Feel
1928
Beau Sabreur
9/1
The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the Legion and is then sent on a mission among the Arab...
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Beau Sabreur
1928
Home, James
7/1
An artistic salesgirl falls in love with a chauffeur not realising he is actually the heir to a huge fortune.
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Home, James
1933
Goldie Gets Along
5.667/3
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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Goldie Gets Along
1929
My Lady's Past
7/1
Mamie Reynolds has been engaged to Sam Young for ten years. But when Sam's novel is published after many years of waiting, Sam falls for a gold digger...
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My Lady's Past
1932
Love Affair
5.7/10
Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
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Love Affair
1926
The Outsider
8/1
Leontine Sturdee and her dancing partner Basil Owen tour Hungry. They meet Anton Ragatzy, a mystic faith healer who falls in love with the young woman...
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The Outsider
1930
For the Love o' Lil
10/1
A virtuous lawyer falls for a beautiful but extravagant woman, leading him into financial trouble as he tries to keep up with her wasteful spending, u...
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For the Love o' Lil
1926
The Campus Flirt
7/1
A product of wealth and high society, Patricia Mansfield is sent to Colton College by her father, who hopes to eradicate her snobbish veneer. On the t...
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The Campus Flirt
1933
Private Detective 62
6.083/24
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a...
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Private Detective 62
1919
The Loves of Letty
0/0
Letty Shell, a clerk in a London brokerage office, is discouraged by her lack of fine clothes and social position. She becomes infatuated with Nevill...
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The Loves of Letty
1925
With This Ring
10/1
Stranded on a desert isle, Donald and Cecilie become man and wife in the eyes of God. Donald is attacked by a mad Portuguese and is knocked unconsciou...
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With This Ring
1925
The Other Woman's Story
7/2
Robert Marshall’s dying utterance seems to point to Colman Colby (Robert Frazer) as his killer. Colby is arrested and at trial all testimony points to...
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The Other Woman's Story
1935
Straight from the Heart
9/1
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little bab...
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Straight from the Heart
1923
Hearts Aflame
9/1
The son of a retired timber baron meets and falls in love with a Michigan woman who refuses to sell her land unless the buyer promises to replant to r...
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Hearts Aflame
1923
The Cricket on the Hearth
7/1
Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they...
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1925
Counsel for the Defense
9/1
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading law...
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Counsel for the Defense
1927
Ritzy
8/1
Touring America as Harrington Smith, the Duke of Westborough visits the Brown Iron Works at Ivor City, and there he is entertained by Nathan Brown and...
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Ritzy
1926
Lost at Sea
8/1
Richard Lane isolates himself in the African interior for 5 years after his sweetheart, Natalie, marries Norman Travers. Travers, who tires of family...
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Lost at Sea
1924
What Shall I Do?
9/1
Under the name of Jack Nelson, Don McLean goes to work in his father's factory. He meets a restaurant cashier, Jeanie; they are married and have a chi...
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What Shall I Do?
1920
Silk Hosiery
9/1
In a prologue, as a woman pages through a book, male figures, including a musketeer, a cowboy, a swordsman and a military officer, appear and bow. In...
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Silk Hosiery
1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
9/1
The Cohen and Kelly families try to modernize a swimsuit business in Atlantic City, but face challenges and mishaps along the way.
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The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1924
The Beauty Prize
8/1
Sheer beauty is only way to describe these gorgeous creatures!
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The Beauty Prize
1931
Possessed
7/41
Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, c...
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