Joan Plowright
Acting
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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movieKnife Edge
2009
Marjorie Blake
movieThe Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
movieCurious George
2006
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
movieGoose on the Loose
2006
Beatrice Fairfield
movieMrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
Mrs. Palfrey
movieGeorge and the Dragon
2004
Mother Superior
movieI Am David
2003
Sophie
movieBringing Down the House
2003
Mrs. Virginia Arness
movieCallas Forever
2002
Sarah Keller
movieGlobal Heresy
2002
Lady Foxley
movieScrooge and Marley
2001
Narrator
movieBailey's Mistake
2001
Aunt Angie
movieFrankie & Hazel
2000
Phoebe Harkness
movieBack to the Secret Garden
2000
Martha Sowerby
movieDinosaur
2000
Baylene (voice)
movieTom's Midnight Garden
1999
Mrs Bartholomew
movieTea with Mussolini
1999
Mary Wallace
movieAldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Encore! Encore!
1998
Marie Pinoni
movieDance with Me
1998
Bea Johnson
movieSurviving Picasso
1996
Françoise's Grandmother
movieMr. Wrong
1996
Mrs. Crawford
movieJane Eyre
1996
Mrs. Fairfax
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1995
Harriet Hibbons
movieA Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
Mrs. Linzer
movieHotel Sorrento
1995
Marge Morrisey
movieThe Return of the Native
1994
Frau Yeobright
movieA Place for Annie
1994
Dorothy
movieOn Promised Land
1994
Mrs. Appletree
movieWidows' Peak
1994
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
movieThe Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
Mrs. Monro
movieLast Action Hero
1993
Teacher
movieDennis the Menace
1993
Martha Wilson
movieStalin
1992
Olga
movieEnchanted April
1991
Mrs Fisher
movieAvalon
1990
Eva Krichinsky
movieThe Dressmaker
1988
Nellie
movieDrowning by Numbers
1988
Cissie Colpitts
movieThe Importance of Being Earnest
1988
Lady Bracknell
movieThe Birthday Party
1987
Meg Bowles
movieRevolution
1985
Mrs. McConnahay
tvTheatre Night
1985
Meg / Lady Bracknell
tvScreen Two
1985
Mrs. Monro
movieBrimstone & Treacle
1982
Norma Bates
movieBritannia Hospital
1982
Phyllis Grimshaw
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1980
Edith Frank-Holländer
movieDaphne Laureola
1978
Lady Pitts
movieEquus
1977
Dora Strang
tvLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
Rosa / Lady Pitts
movieUncle Vanya
1963
Sonya
movieThe Entertainer
1960
Jean Rice
movieTime Without Pity
1957
Agnes Cole
tvTheatre Night
1957
Arlette Le Boeuf
movieMoby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
A Young Actress /Pip
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Mrs. Yeobright / Dorothy
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Adriana / Phoebe
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee