Born Glory Vincent Green, she took the name Joan, and adopted her
mother's maiden name Kemp-Welch.
British character actress who initially specialised in playing timid girls or spinsters. A stage director by the early 1940s, she became a celebrated television director with Associated-Rediffusion in the 1950s, highly regarded particularly for her TV plays.
Educated at Roedean School. She made her theatrical debut at the "Q" Theatre, Kew Green, in 1926, the following year appearing professionally at the Gate Theatre in London.