Celia Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1908
- Died
- April 26, 1982 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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 at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Number 10
TV · as Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson) · 1 ep
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie · as Countess of Rousillon
The Potting Shed
Movie · as Mrs Califer
Celebrity Playhouse
TV · as Mrs Callifer · 1 ep
Staying On
Movie · as Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
Movie · as Mrs. Wheeler
Les Misérables
Movie · as Sister Simplice
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Nurse
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
The Emperor's New Hat
Movie · as La Comtesse de Chemaille
The Dame of Sark
Movie · as Sybil Hathaway
Lloyd George Knew My Father
Movie · as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Love Affair
Movie · as Mrs Hobbish
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Movie · as Mrs. Palfrey
Centre Play
TV · as La Comtesse de Chemaille · 1 ep
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Madame Ranevskaya
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Movie
Play for Today
TV · as Mrs. Palfrey · 1 ep
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Movie · as Miss Mackay
Omnibus
TV · as Ellen Edgeworth · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Miss Hobish · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Mrs. Alving, Judith Bliss, Sheila, Eloise, Madame Ranyevskaya · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Countess Isabel von Reger · 1 ep
The Good Companions
Movie · as Miss Trant
A Kid for Two Farthings
Movie · as Joanna
The Captain's Paradise
Movie · as Maud St. James
The Holly and the Ivy
Movie · as Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
Movie · as Matty Matheson
A Bolt of Lightning
Movie · as Mary Otis
The Astonished Heart
Movie · as Barbara Faber
Brief Encounter
Movie · as Laura Jesson
This Happy Breed
Movie · as Ethel Gibbons
Dear Octopus
Movie · as Cynthia
In Which We Serve
Movie · as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
We Serve
Movie
Letter from Home
Movie · as Mrs Taylor