Joan Plowright
59 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 28, 1929
- Died
- Jan 16, 2025 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Joan Ann Plowright · Baroness Olivier · Joan Ann Olivier · Dame Joan Plowright
Biography
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (28 October 1929 - 16 January 2025), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards. Joan Plowright is also one of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.
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Known for
Joan Plowright: movies and TV shows
Acting (68)
- 2009 Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
- 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- 2006 Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
- 2006 Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
- 2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
- 2004 George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
- 2003 I Am David
as Sophie
- 2003 Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
- 2002 Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
- 2002 Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
- 2001 Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
- 2001 Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
- 2000 Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
- 2000 Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
- 2000 Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
- 1999 Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
- 1999 Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
- 1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
- 1998
- 1998 Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
- 1996 101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
- 1996 Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
- 1996 Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
- 1996 Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
- 1995 The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
- 1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
- 1995 Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
- 1995 A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
- 1994 The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
- 1994 A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
- 1994 On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
- 1994 Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
- 1993 The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
- 1993 Last Action Hero
as Teacher
- 1993 Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
- 1992 Stalin
as Olga
- 1991 The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
- 1991 Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
- 1990 Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
- 1990 I Love You to Death
as Nadja
- 1989 And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
- 1988 The Dressmaker
as Nellie
- 1988 Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
- 1988 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
- 1987 The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
- 1985 Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
- 1985
- 1985
- 1982 Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
- 1982 Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
- 1982 A Dedicated Man
as Edith
- 1980 The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
- 1978 Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
- 1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
- 1977 Equus
as Dora Strang
- 1976
- 1973 The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
- 1970 Twelfth Night
as Viola
- 1970 Three Sisters
as Masha
- 1967
- 1967
- 1963 Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
- 1960 The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
- 1957 Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
- 1957
- 1955 Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip
- 1951
- 1950
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2018
- 2018
- 1982
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode