Joanna David
| Joanna David | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joanna Elizabeth Hacking 17 January 1947 Lancaster, England |
| Other names | Joanna Ward |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Spouse(s) | Edward Fox (m. 2004) |
| Children |
Emilia Fox (born 1974) Frederick "Freddie" Fox (born 1989) |
| Parent(s) | Davida Elizabeth Nesbitt Hacking (mother) John Almond Hacking (father) |
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is a British actress, best known for her television work.
David was born in Lancaster, England, the daughter of Davida Elizabeth (Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking. Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of Sense and Sensibility followed a year later by War and Peace, in which she played Sonya. Joanna also featured in the TV series The Last of the Mohicans (BBC), in two episodes of Colditz, (Missing presumed Dead and Odd Man In, 1972) as Cathy Carter, the wife of Flt.Lt Simon Carter (played by David McCallum). In 1979, she played the heroine of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, opposite Jeremy Brett in the BBC miniseries of the same name. It was a role that would be played twenty years later by Emilia Fox, David's daughter by the actor Edward Fox, her long-standing partner and now husband. In 2005, she appeared in two episodes of Bleak House, playing Mrs Bayham Badger, alongside Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Alun Armstrong and Warren Clarke. Mr Bayham Badger was played by Richard Griffiths.
David's many other television appearances have included The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Foyle's War, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, The Darling Buds of May and in 2004 Rosemary & Thyme in an episode entitled "Orpheus in the Undergrowth". Recent appearances include the BBC comedy series Never Better,Mutual Friends., and Death in Paradise (2014 episode 3.8)
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