About Joan Jay
Joan Jay was a British and English singer and dancer.
Joan Jay was a singer and dancer at the Windmill Theatre in London, from 1936 to 1947. She was seriously injured there during a World War II bombing raid in October 1940, but returned to dancing after receiving skin grafts during a four-month stay in hospital.
Joan Jay was a stage name.
She had two daughters, Vivien (named after the Windmill's manager, Vivian Van Damm), and Janet.
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Joan Jay was a singer and dancer.
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Joan Jay was British and English.
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