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name: "Joanna David"
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born: "17 January 1947"
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# Joanna David

Actor. Born 17 January 1947 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1947, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1995–2005
- **Also known as:** Joanne E. Hacking, Joanna Ward

## Biography

Joanna David is an English actress. Born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking on 17 January 1947 in Lancaster, she trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art after attending Altrincham Grammar School for Girls and Elmhurst Ballet School.

She began her career in the late 1960s and is known for television roles including Elinor Dashwood in the 1971 BBC adaptation of *Sense and Sensibility*, Mrs Gardiner in the 1995 *Pride and Prejudice*, and appearances in *Midsomer Murders*, *Inspector Morse* and *Downton Abbey*. In 2005 she played Mrs Badger in the BBC serial *Bleak House*.

David has been married to actor Edward Fox since 2004; their children Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox are also actors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Mrs. Badger — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1995), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Gardiner — [page](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice.md)

## Also known for

- *House of the Dragon* (2022), Joselyn Redwyne
- *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger* (2010), Alan's Mother
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Amy Lyddiard, Mother Julian
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), Judith Musgrove
- *The Cleansing Hour* (2019), Schoolmarm
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), Susan Cushing
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), Grace Ritchie
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Susan Fallon

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