Joan Barry was born in 1903. At the age of 15 she had her first small
part in "Luck of the Navy". Some of her talking pictures were: "Head
Waiter", A Man of Mayfair (1931)
and Rom Express (1932), while her
her first title role was in the film
Sally Bishop (1932).
Joan is likely to be remembered best for the uncredited role as the
voice of Anny Ondra in the first British Talkie
Erpressung (1929) - directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. She worked
with him again in
Endlich sind wir reich (1931). Joan
Barry retired from the business in 1934 instead choosing marriage and
motherhood.
