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Biography
Joan was born in Enfield in
August 1946. In 1961 she met Chas Hodges (of
Chas & Dave) at a gig in
Edmonton, and they were engaged in 1963. In 1965 Joan was chosen
out of 1000 girls to be one of the 6 original Playboy Bunny
Girls and went to Chicago to train in the Chicago Playboy Club.
She returned to England in 1966 to audition and train British
girls to open the London Playboy Club in Park Lane. Whilst there
Frank Sinatra asked her to appear in his 1966 film The Naked
Runner.
After marrying Chas in the October of 1966, Joan decided to be a
full time Mum. They now have three children Juliet, Kate and Nik
(nikhodges.com)
who is a musician and a film/tv composer. Joan and Chas have
a granddaughter, Charlie and a grandson Harry. In 1992 Joan fulfilled a
lifetime ambition to become an actor, she enrolled and trained
at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts as a mature student.
Upon graduation she joined The Millfield Theatre Company in
North London, where she appeared in several productions, making
her professional acting debut as the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet.
During the run she was spotted by a casting director, who cast
her in London's Burning, her first TV appearance. Joan's
big break came in 1997 when John Sullivan offered her the role
of Marilyn in his new Comedy/Drama series Roger Roger for
the BBC, in which she appeared as a regular for 3 series,
working alongside Robert Daws, Philip Glenister and Pippa Guard.
Joan has also played Georgia Mackenzies mother, Irene Hagger, in
Hot Money for Granada, Mrs Meadows in Fierce for
Channel 4 Films and Eileen Draper in The Bill for Thames
Television. She was also Jimmy's Mum who 'made his sandwiches!'
in the award winning Lucozade TV commercial. Another
career highlight was playing Marion in the 2001 Christmas
Special of Only Fools & Horses for the BBC.
Other work includes Strutter
with Paul Kaye for MTV, the feature film The Grind which
stars Jamie Foreman and Gordon Alexander which is currently in
post production and Telstar in
which she plays Joe Meek's Mother, Biddy. Telstar is directed
by Nick Moran and stars Con O'Neill, Pam Ferris and Kevin
Spacey. The short film Soul
Rescuer in which Joan plays opposite Michael Maloney was
accepted for the 2007 L.A. Short Film Festival and was highly
commended in the BFI London Film Festival. Joan is a
member of Women in Film & Television. |
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