Joyce Grenfell

Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979) was a British institution and one of the country's best-loved entertainers. She achieved success as a writer and performer of songs and monologues on stage and radio at a time when it was unusual for a woman of her background to work at all. Janie Hampton grew up knowing Joyce as a family friend and has access to unpublished letters and diaries, and to the memories of her surviving friends, relations and colleagues for this biography.