Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

1929-10-28 Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK Female 71 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-10-28

Place of Birth

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Known Credits

71

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, Joan Ann Olivier, Dame Joan Plowright

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

The Return of the Native

1994

Frau Yeobright

101 Dalmatians

1996

Nanny

Dennis the Menace

1993

Martha Wilson

Tea with Mussolini

1999

Mary Wallace

Dinosaur

2000

Baylene (voice)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Brimstone & Treacle

1982

Norma Bates

Curious George

2006

Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Last Action Hero

1993

Teacher

Jane Eyre

1996

Mrs. Fairfax

A Place for Annie

1994

Dorothy

Three Sisters

1970

Masha

The Dressmaker

1988

Nellie

Mr. Wrong

1996

Mrs. Crawford

Surviving Picasso

1996

Françoise's Grandmother

Bringing Down the House

2003

Mrs. Virginia Arness

On Promised Land

1994

Mrs. Appletree

The Birthday Party

1987

Meg Bowles

Callas Forever

2002

Sarah Keller

Daphne Laureola

1978

Lady Pitts

Avalon

1990

Eva Krichinsky

The Scarlet Letter

1995

Harriet Hibbons

Dance with Me

1998

Bea Johnson

Knife Edge

2009

Marjorie Blake

Equus

1977

Dora Strang

Hotel Sorrento

1995

Marge Morrisey

I Am David

2003

Sophie

Enchanted April

1991

Mrs Fisher

Stalin

1992

Olga

Britannia Hospital

1982

Phyllis Grimshaw

Frankie & Hazel

2000

Phoebe Harkness

Widows' Peak

1994

Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

Revolution

1985

Mrs. McConnahay

Twelfth Night

1970

Viola

Time Without Pity

1957

Agnes Cole

Goose on the Loose

2006

Beatrice Fairfield

George and the Dragon

2004

Mother Superior

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

1998

Jeanne Vertefeuille

Tom's Midnight Garden

1999

Mrs Bartholomew

Bailey's Mistake

2001

Aunt Angie

Drowning by Numbers

1988

Cissie Colpitts 1

Uncle Vanya

1963

Sonya

Scrooge and Marley

2001

Narrator

The Entertainer

1960

Jean Rice

The Diary of Anne Frank

1980

Edith Frank-Holländer

Back to the Secret Garden

2000

Martha Sowerby

Global Heresy

2002

Lady Foxley

Moby Dick Rehearsed

1955

A Young Actress /Pip

TV Credits

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Great Performances

1971

Self (1 episodes)

The Oscars

1953

Self (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Mrs. Monro (1 episodes)

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Adriana (1 episodes)

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

Rosa (1 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Mrs. Yeobright (1 episodes)

Theatre Night

1985

Meg (1 episodes)

Encore! Encore!

1998

(13 episodes)

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