Joan Plowright
Born: 1929-10-28 in Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: 2025-01-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self
- Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Herself
2009
- Knife Edge as Marjorie Blake
2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006
- Curious George as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
- 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
- Bringing Down the House as Mrs. Virginia Arness
- I Am David as Sophie
2002
- Global Heresy as Lady Foxley
- Callas Forever as Sarah Keller
2001
- Bailey's Mistake as Aunt Angie
- Scrooge and Marley as Narrator
2000
- Dinosaur as Baylene (voice)
- Back to the Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby
- Frankie & Hazel as Phoebe Harkness
1999
- Tea with Mussolini as Mary Wallace
- Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs Bartholomew
1998
- Dance with Me as Bea Johnson
- Encore! Encore!
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within as Jeanne Vertefeuille
1996
- 101 Dalmatians as Nanny
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax
- Surviving Picasso as Françoise's Grandmother
- Mr. Wrong as Mrs. Crawford
1995
- The Scarlet Letter as Harriet Hibbons
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Mrs. Linzer
- Hotel Sorrento as Marge Morrisey
- A Pin for the Butterfly as Grandma
1994
- The Return of the Native as Frau Yeobright
- Widows' Peak as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
- A Place for Annie as Dorothy
- On Promised Land as Mrs. Appletree
1993
- Dennis the Menace as Martha Wilson
- Last Action Hero as Teacher
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe as Mrs. Monro
1992
- Stalin as Olga
1991
- Enchanted April as Mrs Fisher
- The House of Bernarda Alba as Poncia
1990
- Avalon as Eva Krichinsky
- I Love You to Death as Nadja
1989
- And a Nightingale Sang as Mam
1988
- Drowning by Numbers as Cissie Colpitts
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
- The Dressmaker as Nellie
1987
- The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles
1985
- Screen Two as Mrs. Monro
- Theatre Night as Meg
- Revolution as Mrs. McConnahay
1982
- Britannia Hospital as Phyllis Grimshaw
- Brimstone & Treacle as Norma Bates
- Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
- A Dedicated Man as Edith
1980
- The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Frank-Holländer
1978
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Rosa
- Daphne Laureola as Lady Pitts
1977
- Equus as Dora Strang
1976
- Laurence Olivier Presents as Rosa
1973
- The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1970
- Three Sisters as Masha
- Twelfth Night as Viola
1967
- Omnibus
- ITV Playhouse as Lisa
1963
- Uncle Vanya as Sonya
1960
- The Entertainer as Jean Rice
1957
- Time Without Pity as Agnes Cole
1955
- Moby Dick—Rehearsed as A Young Actress /Pip
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Yeobright
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Adriana
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee