Joan Ann Maynard

{{short description|British actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} '''Joan Ann Maynard''' is a British actress who has worked both on stage and on television. Her most notable roles are as Avice in the 1975 series ''Within These Walls'' and as Beverley in the Channel Four and The Bill. television comedy show ''Desmond's'', which ran from 1989 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562765/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm|title=Joan Ann Maynard|work=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref> She has also been involved with producing black theatre, having been artistic director of the Black Theatre Co-operative and chair of the Black Theatre Forum.<ref>A. Ruth Tompsett (ed.), [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562765/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm ''Black Theatre in Britain''], ''Performing Arts International'', Vol. 1, Part 2 (1996), p. 53.</ref>

==Background== Brought up from the age of nine in east London, she went to St Angela's Ursuline Convent School, Upton Park, and subsequently studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Formerly Artistic Director of the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat),<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre--an-aftertaste-of-sherry--bac-lavender-hill-sw11-1556326.html Nick Curtis, Theatre / An Aftertaste of Sherry - BAC, Lavender Hill, SW11], ''The Independent'', 9 October 1992.</ref> Maynard later worked as the head of arts subjects in Chiswick School, London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiswick.hounslow.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Curriculum+%26raquo%3B+Drama&pid=94|title=Drama|publisher=Chiswick Community School|accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0562765/ Joan Ann Maynard at IMDb.]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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