Acting

Joan Plowright

Born 1929-10-28 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Died 2025-01-16

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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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
2018
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
2009
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2008
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
2006
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
2005
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
2004
I Am David
as Sophie
2003
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
2003
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
2002
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
2002
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
2001
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
2001
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
2000
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
2000
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
2000
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
1999
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
1999
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998
Encore! Encore!
as Marie Pinoni
1998
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
1998
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
1996
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
1996
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
1996
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
1996
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
1995
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
1994
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
1993
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
1993
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
1993
Stalin
as Olga
1992
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
1991
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
1991
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
1990
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
1990
And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
1989
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
1988
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
1988
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
1987
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
1985
Theatre Night
as Meg
1985
Theatre Night
as Lady Bracknell
1985
Screen Two
as Mrs. Monro
1985
Laurence Olivier: A Life
as Self
1982
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
1982
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
1982
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
1982
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
1980
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
1978
Equus
as Dora Strang
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Rosa
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Lady Pitts
1976
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
1973
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Twelfth Night
as Viola
1970
Three Sisters
as Masha
1970
Omnibus
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Lisa
1967
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
1963
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
1960
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
1957
Theatre Night
as Arlette Le Boeuf
1957
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip
1955
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Yeobright
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dorothy
1951
Sunday Night Theatre
as Adriana
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Phoebe
1950
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944