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Joyce Irene Grenfell, OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was a British comedian, actress, and, in her time, one of the country's best loved entertainers, immortalised in roles such as the gym mistress Miss Gossage in ''The Happiest Days of Your Life'' and Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's films.〔Hampton, Janie ''Joyce Grenfell'', John Murray: 2002 ISBN 978-0-7195-6143-6〕 She achieved success as a writer and performer of songs and monologues at a time when it was unusual for a woman of her social background to work. ==Early life== Born in Montpelier Square in Knightsbridge, London, Joyce was the daughter of architect Paul Phipps (1880–1953), the grandson of Charles Paul Phipps and a second cousin of Ruth Draper. Her mother was an American socialite, Nora Langhorne (1889–1955), one of five daughters of Chiswell Langhorne, an American railway millionaire. Nancy Astor, née Nancy Langhorne, was one of her mother's sisters, and had also married in England. Grenfell often visited her at Astor's home of Cliveden 〔''National Trust Magazine,'' Spring 2010, page 11〕 and later lived on a cottage on the estate ('Parr's'), a mile from the main house, in the early years of her marriage.〔 Joyce Phipps had an upper-class London childhood. She attended the Francis Holland School in Central London, and the Claremont Fan Court School, in Esher, Surrey. She was "finished" in Paris where she attended Mlle Ozanne's finishing school at the age of seventeen. In 1927, she met Reginald Pascoe Grenfell (1903–1993). They were married two years later at St Margaret's, Westminster, and remained married for nearly 50 years (until her death). She made her stage debut in 1939 in the ''Little Revue''. In 1942 she wrote what became her signature song, "I'm Going to See You Today." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joyce Grenfell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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