Editing Joan Greenwood (section)

== Early life and education==
Greenwood was born in 1921 in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London. Her parents were Ida (née Waller) and Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood (1887–1949), a portrait artist.<ref name="dnb"/> She went to school at [[St Catherine's School, Bramley]], leaving when she was 15. She originally wanted to be a ballet dancer but then decided to act, and studied at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name="joan">{{cite news |title=Talented Young Actress |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220429403 |newspaper=[[Voice (Hobart newspaper)|Voice]] |volume=23 |issue=22 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=3 June 1950 |access-date=24 October 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>