Joan Washington, Richard E. Grant's Wife, Died, And He Is Distraught.
Key Sentence:
- Oscar-nominated actor Richard E. Grant said his heart was broken after the loss of his wife, Joan Washington.
- A dialect coach in films such as "The Witches" and "The Red Sparrow."
He tweeted a film they were singing about and called it "the love of my life and the life-giver of our daughter Olivia." Washington is working on the Oscar-winning film Elizabeth, and Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman are working on The Phantom Menace. Jessica Chastain is among the well-known names that are respected.
Chastain said Washington had a "deep influence on me" after working with him on several projects, including the 2016 film Purple Peak. Washington is working on an impressively long catalog of 118-credit films on the Internet film database, including the 1983 Oscar-winning film Yentl with Barbara Streisand and The 1984 Bounty with Anthony Hopkins.
He has also worked with Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fine, Brendan Gleeson, and Emma Stone.
Grant's tweet received condolences from many other famous names, including Nigel Lawson, David Morrissey, David Badiel, Sarah Millican, Rebecca Front, Joan Harris, and Joe Moyes. All of them expressed their sadness at his loss. Actor Morrissey described Washington as "very kind and wonderful to me" and added, "He encouraged me, and we laughed a lot together."
Comedian and writer Dawn French said, "Joan Washington will ALWAYS remember those of us who knew and learned from her as a PHENOMENAL WOMAN. So much love to Richard E. Grant and the whole family."
Actor Jason Watkins, who most recently played Harold Wilson in The Crown, also paid tribute by saying, "I owe him everything."He added: "The peerless Joan Washington has died. Joan taught me dialect and accent as I practiced getting in and out of the Rada. "I made my career with accents and dialects.