Joan Croydon (actress)
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Joan Croydon (b. November 13, 1923 - d. August 8, 1985, Martin County, Florida) was an American stage actress.
She appeared in only one film, The Bad Seed, in which she reprised her stage role, Miss Fern. It was rather surprising casting, given that Croydon was a quite lovely young woman at the time, and the character she played, a murderous child’s suspicious teacher, is one described in the play’s stage notes as “dowdy”, “a spinster”, and “middle aged”, and is generally played by much older actresses (i.e. Anne Haney in a television version starring Blair Brown, Richard Kiley and Lynn Redgrave).
In any event, Croydon received a poor review for her film performance from the New York Times' film critic, Bosley Crowther, who gave poor or mixed reviews to the entire cast in his September 13, 1956 review (see [1]).
Croydon did receive a Clarence Derwent Theatre Award in 1957 for her performance as Miss Connolly (Housekeeper) in The Potting Shed.
[edit] Stage Curriculum Vitae
- Major Barbara as "Mrs. Baines" - from February 26, 1980 until March 30, 1980
- Compulsion as "Mrs. Straus" - from October 24, 1957 until February 22, 1958
- The Potting Shed as "Miss Connolly" - from January 29, 1957 until June 1, 1957
- The Bad Seed as "Miss Fern" - from December 8, 1954 until September 27, 1955
