Joan MacArthur (actress)

Joan MacArthur
Born(1916-04-30)30 April 1916
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died16 May 1975(1975-05-16) (aged 59)
SpouseRaymond Westwell

Joan MacArthur (30 April 1916 – 16 May 1975) was a British actress who worked for many years in Australia. Known on stage as a Shakespearian actress, she also appeared in many television plays.

MacArthur toured New Zealand and Australia in 1953 with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company.

She returned to Australia in the 1960s and appeared on stage and in television plays alongside her husband, Raymond Westwell.

MacArthur died in Cambridgeshire, England in 1975.