They look quite promising in the shop, and not entirely wit… - Joyce Grenfell

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They look quite promising in the shop, and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels sorry for them.

Joyce Grenfell

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Joyce Irene Grenfell (née Phipps) (10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English film and television actress and comedienne.

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Birth Name: Joyce Irene Phipps

Alternative Names: Joyce Irene Grenfell • Joyce (Irene) Grenfell

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