Joan Plowright

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1929-10-28

Place of Birth

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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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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Acting History

2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Herself
2018
Nothing Like a Dame as Self
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
Encore! Encore!
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 1
1988
The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
1987
The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles
1985
Revolution as Mrs. McConnahay
1985
Theatre Night as Meg
1985
Theatre Night as Lady Bracknell
1985
Screen Two as Mrs. Monro
1982
Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
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
Laurence Olivier Presents as Rosa
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents as Lady Pitts
1973
The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1971
Great Performances as Self
1970
Twelfth Night as Viola
1970
Three Sisters as Masha
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
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dorothy
1950
Sunday Night Theatre as Adriana
1950
Sunday Night Theatre as Phoebe
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee