Celia Johnson
Born: 1908-12-18 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 1982-04-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1983
- Number 10 as Mrs. Gladstone
1981
- All's Well That Ends Well as Countess of Rousillon
1980
- Staying On as Lucy Smalley
- The Hostage Tower as Mrs. Wheeler
1978
- Les Misérables as Sister Simplice
- Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
1977
- The Emperor's New Hat as La Comtesse de Chemaille
1976
- The Dame of Sark as Sybil Hathaway
1975
- Lloyd George Knew My Father as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
1974
- Love Affair as Mrs Hobbish
1973
- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont as Mrs. Palfrey
1971
- The Cherry Orchard as Madame Ranevskaya
1970
- Play for Today as Mrs. Palfrey
- The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1969
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay
1967
- Omnibus as Ellen Edgeworth
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Mrs. Alving
1957
- The Good Companions as Miss Trant
1955
- A Kid for Two Farthings as Joanna
1953
- The Captain's Paradise as Maud St. James
1952
- The Holly and the Ivy as Jenny Gregory
- I Believe in You as Matty Matheson
1951
- A Bolt of Lightning as Mary Otis
1950
- The Astonished Heart as Barbara Faber
1945
- Brief Encounter as Laura Jesson
1944
- This Happy Breed as Ethel Gibbons
1943
- Dear Octopus as Cynthia
1942
- We Serve
- In Which We Serve as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
1941
- Letter from Home as Mrs Taylor