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Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

ActingBorn October 28, 1929Died January 16, 2025 (age 95)Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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

2018Movie
2009
Knife Edge

as Marjorie Blake

Movie
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Movie
2006
Curious George

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Movie
2006
Goose on the Loose

as Beatrice Fairfield

Movie
2005Movie
2004
George and the Dragon

as Mother Superior

Movie
2003
I Am David

as Sophie

Movie
2003
Bringing Down the House

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

Movie
2002
Callas Forever

as Sarah Keller

Movie
2002
Global Heresy

as Lady Foxley

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Bailey's Mistake

as Aunt Angie

Movie
2000
Frankie & Hazel

as Phoebe Harkness

Movie
2000
Back to the Secret Garden

as Martha Sowerby

Movie
2000
Dinosaur

as Baylene (voice)

Movie
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden

as Mrs Bartholomew

Movie
1999
Tea with Mussolini

as Mary Wallace

Movie
1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

Movie
1998
Encore! Encore!

as Marie Pinoni

TV
1998
Dance with Me

as Bea Johnson

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Surviving Picasso

as Françoise's Grandmother

Movie
1996
Mr. Wrong

as Mrs. Crawford

Movie
1996
Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Fairfax

Movie
1995
The Scarlet Letter

as Harriet Hibbons

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Hotel Sorrento

as Marge Morrisey

Movie
1995Movie
1994
The Return of the Native

as Frau Yeobright

Movie
1994Movie
1994
On Promised Land

as Mrs. Appletree

Movie
1994
Widows' Peak

as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

Movie
1993Movie
1993Movie
1993
Dennis the Menace

as Martha Wilson

Movie
1992
Stalin

as Olga

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Enchanted April

as Mrs Fisher

Movie
1990
Avalon

as Eva Krichinsky

Movie
1990Movie
1989Movie
1988Movie
1988
Drowning by Numbers

as Cissie Colpitts

Movie
1988Movie
1987
The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles

Movie
1985
Revolution

as Mrs. McConnahay

Movie
1985TV
1985
Theatre Night

as Lady Bracknell

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Mrs. Monro

TV
1982Movie
1982
Brimstone & Treacle

as Norma Bates

Movie
1982
All for Love

as Edith

TV
1982
Britannia Hospital

as Phyllis Grimshaw

Movie
1982Movie
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Edith Frank-Holländer

Movie
1978
Daphne Laureola

as Lady Pitts

Movie
1978Movie
1977
Equus

as Dora Strang

Movie
1976TV
1973Movie
1971TV
1970Movie
1970Movie
1967TV
1967TV
1963
Uncle Vanya

as Sonya

Movie
1960
The Entertainer

as Jean Rice

Movie
1957
Time Without Pity

as Agnes Cole

Movie
1957
Theatre Night

as Arlette Le Boeuf

TV
1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed

as A Young Actress /Pip

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Yeobright

TV
1951TV
1950TV
1950TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 28, 1929
Day of DeathJanuary 16, 2025
Place of BirthBrigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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