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Joanna Van Gyseghem | |
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Born | Joanna Van Gyseghem 4 September 1941 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | c. 1969–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 daughter, Kate (b.1974) |
Joanna Van Gyseghem (born 4 September 1941) is a British actress.
She was educated at Malvern Girls' College in Worcestershire and Trinity College Dublin where she studied for a BA degree in French and Italian, but was heavily involved in drama productions at the time. Her father, André van Gyseghem was an English actor and director of Belgian descent, and her mother, Jean Forbes-Robertson an actress. Her maternal grandparents were the actors Gertrude Elliott and Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and her great-aunt was American actress Maxine Elliott.