# Joan Ritz

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{{Short description|British actress (c.1882–1956)}}
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'''Joan Ritz''' (c. 1882 – 6 November 1956) was a British actress of the [silent era](/source/silent_era).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/3515 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; RITZ, Joan |access-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023222109/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/3515 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She was born '''Jessie Rihll''' in [West Ham](/source/West_Ham), [London](/source/London), UK and died in [Brighton](/source/Brighton), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), England, UK. From 1912 to her death she was married to [Percy Nash](/source/Percy_Nash), who directed numerous of the silent films in which she acted.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ince |first1=Bernard |title='For the Love of the Art': The life and work of Percy Nash, film producer and director of the silent era |journal=Film History |date=2007 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=292–301 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.3.292 |s2cid=191469548 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236797963}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Enoch Arden](/source/Enoch_Arden_(1914_film))'' (1914)
* ''[The Harbour Lights](/source/The_Harbour_Lights_(1914_film))'' (1914)
* ''[In the Ranks](/source/In_the_Ranks)'' (1914)
* ''[The Coal King](/source/The_Coal_King)'' (1915)
* ''[A Rogue's Wife](/source/A_Rogue's_Wife)'' (1915)
* ''[Flying from Justice](/source/Flying_from_Justice)'' (1915)
* ''[The Little Minister](/source/The_Little_Minister_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Romany Rye](/source/The_Romany_Rye_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[Darby and Joan](/source/Darby_and_Joan_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[Rodney Stone](/source/Rodney_Stone_(film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Croxley Master](/source/The_Croxley_Master)'' (1921)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0728876}}

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Category:1880s births
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Category:English film actresses
Category:English silent film actresses
Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Newham
Category:Actresses from Essex
Category:People from West Ham

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