Joan Kemp-Welch (23 September 1906 – 5 July 1999) was a British stage and film actress, who later went on to become a television director.
[3] Occasionally she played more substantial parts as in Hard Steel and They Flew Alone (both 1942).
She also won the Prix Italia for her TV version of Harold Pinter's The Lover in 1963; and in the same year was the first woman to receive the Desmond Davis BAFTA for creative work in television.
[4][5] In 1964 she directed A Midsummer Night's Dream for ITV's Play of the Week.
[7] Other work included directing episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs and Armchair Theatre.