Joan Rice meets the 'real' Queen Mother

 

Joan Rice meets the Queen Mother

In November 1951, Joan Rice — Maid Marian — met the “real” Queen Mother at the Royal Premiere of 'Where No Vultures Fly.'

I’ve researched Joan’s extraordinary, almost fairy-tale life story: raised in a Nottingham orphanage near Sherwood after her father’s imprisonment, she moved to London, worked various jobs including waitressing, won a beauty contest, and was personally chosen by Walt Disney to play Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, appearing alongside Queen Eleanor (Martita Hunt), mother of Richard I of England and Prince John.

There are now over 124 pages dedicated to Joan's life on this blog.