Joan Standing

Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress, best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film Dracula. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940, with the majority under contract with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios.

Standing was born into the acting Standing family on 21 June 1903 in Worcestershire, England. She was the niece of the actors Guy Standing (1873–1937), Wyndham Standing (1880–1963) and Percy Standing (1882–1950). She was also the granddaughter of actor Herbert Standing (1846–1923) and cousin to actress Kay Hammond (1909–1980).

As an actress, her first film was The Loves of Letty (1919). Her last film appearance was in Li'l Abner (1940).

Standing married film camera operator Otto Pierce on 26 October 1927 and they had two children. She was widowed on 22 October 1957.

Standing died from cancer on 3 February 1979 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, aged 75. She was cremated at the South Memorial Park Crematory in Pearland, Texas.