| Who is it? | Actress, Writer |
| Birth Day | February 28, 1922 |
| Birth Place | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Joyce Howard age | 98 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | 23 November 2010(2010-11-23) (aged 88)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S. |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Occupation | Actress, writer, story analyst |
| Spouse(s) | Basil Sydney (m. 19??-19??) |
After studying at RADA, she was spotted by film Director Anthony Asquith in a play at London's Embassy Theatre. He cast the 19-year-old in Freedom Radio (1941), and starring roles in films followed, including opposite James Mason in The Night Has Eyes and They Met in the Dark, the former winning her rave reviews.
In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a Writer. She wrote three well-received novels, Two Persons Singular (1960), A Private View (1961) and Going On (2000). She also wrote plays, including Broken Silence, which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964.
She also continued to write for television and wrote original treatments for miniseries The Whiteoaks and Picasso's Painted Ladies. At the request of Henry Miller's widow, Howard collated, edited and wrote an introduction to Letters by Henry Miller to Hoki Tokuda Miller (1986).
