# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-henry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:23:17.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-henry"
name: "Joan Henry"
slug: "joan-henry"
description: "Joan Constance Anne Henry was an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A former débutante from an illustrious family, she was jailed for passing a fraudulent cheque in 1951 and her best-known works were based on her experiences in prison. She wrote the semi-autobiographical Who Lie in Gaol, filmed as The Weak and the Wicked, and the novel Yield to the Night, the basis for the film starring Diana Dors."
tagline: "British writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-04-08"
deathDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.97
  momentum:             0.5714285714285715
  historical:           3.074658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377875/"
    handle:    "nm0377875"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Henry"
    title: "Joan Henry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Henry"
    title: "Joan Henry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6205116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090699"
    title: "Joan Henry"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations