- One of four sisters from a broken home, she was brought up for eight years at a convent orphanage in Nottingham.
- Discovered as a waitress at the Lyons Corner House in Piccadilly and signed to a film contract by The Rank Organisation after winning the Lyons 'Miss Nippy' contest of 1949.
- She operated an estate agency - the Joan Rice Bureau - letting accommodation in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the 1970's.
- Had two Labrador dogs, Jessie and Sheba.
- Pert, dark-haired occasional leading lady in 1950's British films.
- Interred at Plot 66, Braywick Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
- A heavy smoker she suffered from asthma and emphysema in the last years of her life.
- Following the end of her film career she spent some years in provincial repertory theatre but retired completely from acting as she disliked being away from home for long periods.
- Featured on the cover of "Life Magazine" (August 11th 1952) with the description "Robin Hood's New Girlfriend", a reference to her part as Maid Marion in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952).
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