---
name: "Joyce Herlihy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joyce-herlihy"
fi1m_id: "joyce-herlihy"
imdb_id: "nm0379053"
tmdb_id: 11381
wikidata_id: "Q22023303"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1921"
died: "10 February 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:17.286942+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joyce Herlihy

## Identity

Joyce Herlihy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joyce-herlihy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joyce-herlihy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0379053
- **TMDB ID:** 11381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22023303
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22023303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11381

Producer. Born 1 January 1921. Died 10 February 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1921
- **Died:** 10 February 2014
- **Active:** 1981–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (3), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $158m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22023303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11381

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Last Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md) (80)

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## Biography

Joyce Herlihy was a British film production manager and producer. She began her career in the late 1950s as a production secretary and progressed to production manager and producer roles over nearly five decades.

Her credits include production manager on *Chariots of Fire* (1981) and *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), associate producer on *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983) and *The Last Emperor* (1987), and producer on *The Hit* (1984), *Angels and Insects* (1995) and *Sister My Sister* (1994). She also served as production supervisor on *The Remains of the Day* (1993). She won a BAFTA Award and died in New York City on 10 February 2014.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Fi1m 80, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Fi1m 78, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Secret Agent* (1996), Co-Producer
- *Jane Eyre* (1996), Associate Producer
- *Angels and Insects* (1995), Producer
- *Sister My Sister* (1994), Producer
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Production Supervisor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Carry On Columbus* (1992), Production Supervisor
- *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (1988), Production Executive
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *The Hit* (1984), Producer
- *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), Associate Producer
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Producer
- *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Production Manager — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Production Manager — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *The Europeans* (1979), Production Manager
- *Agatha* (1979), Production Manager
- *The Shout* (1978), Production Manager
- *Jabberwocky* (1977), Production Supervisor
- *Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs* (1974), Production Manager
- *Dead Cert* (1974), Production Manager
- *Death Line* (1972), Production Manager
- *Man in the Middle* (1964), Unit Production Manager

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