- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Madame Blanche
- Joan White was born on December 3, 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for As You Like It (1936), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Tons of Money (1947). She was married to A.P. Moore, Robert Grose and J.V. Beanes. She died on June 8, 1999 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- SpousesA.P. Moore (divorced, 2 children)Robert Grose (divorced)J.V. Beanes (divorced)
- Mother of Judy Staber, who works in pantomimes in the USA.
- She has two daughters the eldest being Susannah Slater who resides in London England. Member of TACT the actors children's trust. Currently working with Blind Aid and the talking newspapers.
- Extensive career on the stage, including playing Mrs Higgins in the US National Tour of My Fair Lady.
- In the US, managed theaters with her husband Robert Paine Grose, and directed and performed in productions, In the UK, founded and operated the Next Stage Company, for training young drama school graduates, and the Joan White English Theatre School.
- Her daughter, Judy White Staber, is a former actress/stage manager, and Arts professional, now a writer living in the Hudson Valley of New York State. She has written fifteen original British American Pantomimes, a memoir "Silverlands Growing Up at the Actors Orphanage," as well as many news articles and poems. She recently completed a memoir of her late Mother, Joan White.
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