Joyce Barker [SEP] voice type
Joyce Barker
Joyce Barker (6 June 1931 – 23 May 1992) was a South African soprano.
Joyce Barker was born in Mooi Rivier, a small town in Natal. At the age of nineteen she started training for a professional career with Daisy Holmes in Durban. She won the Ernest Whitcutt Memorial Cup three years in succession and earned three different scholarships in support of her musical education. One of these was awarded by the Royal Schools of Music. With that scholarship and another awarded by the NSAM (Natal Society
colour. It retained George Cole, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker, Michael Ripper, and Raymond Huntley from the earlier films. Several new actors were brought in, including Frankie Howerd as Alfred (Alphonse) Askett, Reg Varney as Gilbert, Dora Bryan as headmistress Amber Spottiswood, and Stratford Johns as the Voice.
Although she was asked twice, Joyce Grenfell refused to appear again as Sergeant Ruby Gates. Raymond Huntley appeared as the "Minister of Schools" (a fictional title), having appeared in a different role