Joan Plowright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1929
- Died
- January 16, 2025 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Movie · as Herself
Knife Edge
Movie · as Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie · as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Goose on the Loose
Movie · as Beatrice Fairfield
Curious George
Movie · as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Movie · as Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
Movie · as Mother Superior
Bringing Down the House
Movie · as Mrs. Virginia Arness
I Am David
Movie · as Sophie
Global Heresy
Movie · as Lady Foxley
Callas Forever
Movie · as Sarah Keller
Scrooge and Marley
Movie · as Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
Movie · as Aunt Angie
Dinosaur
Movie · as Baylene (voice)
Back to the Secret Garden
Movie · as Martha Sowerby
Frankie & Hazel
Movie · as Phoebe Harkness
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · as Mary Wallace
Tom's Midnight Garden
Movie · as Mrs Bartholomew
Dance with Me
Movie · as Bea Johnson
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Movie · as Jeanne Vertefeuille
Encore! Encore!
TV · as Marie Pinoni · 13 eps
101 Dalmatians
Movie · as Nanny
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Fairfax
Mr. Wrong
Movie · as Mrs. Crawford
Surviving Picasso
Movie · as Françoise's Grandmother
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Movie · as Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
Movie · as Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
Movie · as Grandma
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Harriet Hibbons
Widows' Peak
Movie · as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
A Place for Annie
Movie · as Dorothy
The Return of the Native
Movie · as Frau Yeobright
On Promised Land
Movie · as Mrs. Appletree
Dennis the Menace
Movie · as Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
Movie · as Teacher
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie · as Mrs. Monro
Stalin
Movie · as Olga
Enchanted April
Movie · as Mrs Fisher
The House of Bernarda Alba
Movie · as Poncia
I Love You to Death
Movie · as Nadja
Avalon
Movie · as Eva Krichinsky
And a Nightingale Sang
Movie · as Mam
Drowning by Numbers
Movie · as Cissie Colpitts
The Dressmaker
Movie · as Nellie
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Lady Bracknell
The Birthday Party
Movie · as Meg Bowles
Revolution
Movie · as Mrs. McConnahay
Theatre Night
TV · as Meg, Lady Bracknell · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Mrs. Monro · 1 ep
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Phyllis Grimshaw
Brimstone & Treacle
Movie · as Norma Bates
A Dedicated Man
Movie · as Edith
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Movie · as Self
All for Love
TV · as Edith · 1 ep
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Edith Frank-Holländer
Daphne Laureola
Movie · as Lady Pitts
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Movie · as Rosa
Equus
Movie · as Dora Strang
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Rosa, Lady Pitts · 1 ep
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Portia
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Viola
Three Sisters
Movie · as Masha
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Lisa · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Uncle Vanya
Movie · as Sonya
The Entertainer
Movie · as Jean Rice
Time Without Pity
Movie · as Agnes Cole
Theatre Night
TV · as Arlette Le Boeuf · 1 ep
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Movie · as A Young Actress /Pip
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Mrs. Yeobright, Dorothy · 1 ep
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Adriana, Phoebe · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep