Joan Standing (1903-79) was born into a British theatrical family and pursued a minor career in Hollywood as a supporting player. She made her debut in 1919 in The Loves of Letty, made by the Goldwyn Studios.
Standing’s best-known role was unquestionably Nurse Briggs in Dracula (1931) where, under hypnosis, she gives the vampire access to the sleeping Mina.
Joan Standing made one appearance in an MGM musical, as Louise in A Lady’s Morals.
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