Portrait of Joan Barry

Acting

Joan Barry

Career

Active from 1922 to 1958, with a break from 1934 to 1957, busiest in 1932 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rome Express
Rome Express
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joan Barry Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6
  • Coming of Age
    0.7, average 3.0
  • Politics
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Early Sound Era 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 39
Space Master X-7
Space Master X-7 (1958)
GoodWatch score 39

as Jean Meyers

1930s

9 titles ยท average score 60
Mrs. Dane's Defence
Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933)

as Mrs Dane

Ebb Tide
Ebb Tide (1932)

as Mary

Rome Express
Rome Express (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Maxted

Sally Bishop
Sally Bishop (1932)

as Sally Bishop

The First Mrs Fraser
The First Mrs Fraser (1932)

as Elsie Fraser

Women Who Play
Women Who Play (1932)

as Fay

Rich and Strange
Rich and Strange (1931)
GoodWatch score 58

as Emily Hill

Man of Mayfair
Man of Mayfair (1931)

as Grace Irving

The Outsider
The Outsider (1931)

as Lalage Sturdee

1920s

6 titles ยท average score 63
Atlantic
Atlantic (1929)
GoodWatch score 52

as Betty Tate-Hughes

Blackmail
Blackmail (1929)
GoodWatch score 74

as Alice White (voice) (uncredited)

The Rising Generation
The Rising Generation (1928)

as Peggy Kent

The Happy Ending
The Happy Ending (1925)

as Molly Craddock

Hutch Stirs 'em Up
Hutch Stirs 'em Up (1923)

as Joan

The Card
The Card (1922)

as Nellie Cotterill