Joan Plowright

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 28, 1929 (95 years old)
Died
January 16, 2025
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1957 – 2018

Joan Plowright

127 nominations
60 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Oct 28, 1929
From
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1957 – 2018

Award Recognition

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Wins
127
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2018

Nothing Like a Dame as Self
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Herself

2009

Knife Edge as Marjorie Blake

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick Award

2006

Curious George as Ms. Plushbottom (voice) Award
Goose on the Loose as Beatrice Fairfield

2005

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont as Mrs. Palfrey

2004

George and the Dragon as Mother Superior Award

2003

Bringing Down the House as Mrs. Virginia Arness Award
I Am David as Sophie

2002

Global Heresy as Lady Foxley
Callas Forever as Sarah Keller

2001

Bailey's Mistake as Aunt Angie
Scrooge and Marley as Narrator

2000

Dinosaur as Baylene (voice) Award
Back to the Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby
Frankie & Hazel as Phoebe Harkness

1999

Tea with Mussolini as Mary Wallace
Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs Bartholomew

1998

Dance with Me as Bea Johnson
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within as Jeanne Vertefeuille

1996

101 Dalmatians as Nanny Award
Surviving Picasso as Françoise's Grandmother Award
Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax Award
Mr. Wrong as Mrs. Crawford Award

1995

The Scarlet Letter as Harriet Hibbons Award
A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento as Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly as Grandma

1994

Widows' Peak as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan Award
The Return of the Native as Frau Yeobright
A Place for Annie as Dorothy
On Promised Land as Mrs. Appletree

1993

Last Action Hero as Teacher Award
Dennis the Menace as Martha Wilson Award
The Summer House as Mrs. Monro

1992

Stalin as Olga

1991

Enchanted April as Mrs Fisher Award
The House of Bernarda Alba as Poncia

1990

I Love You to Death as Nadja Award
Avalon as Eva Krichinsky Award

1989

And a Nightingale Sang as Mam

1988

Drowning by Numbers as Cissie Colpitts 1 Award
The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
The Dressmaker as Nellie

1987

The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles

1985

Revolution as Mrs. McConnahay

1982

Britannia Hospital as Phyllis Grimshaw Award
Brimstone & Treacle as Norma Bates
A Dedicated Man as Edith

1980

The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Frank-Holländer

1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Rosa
Daphne Laureola as Lady Pitts

1977

Equus as Dora Strang

1973

The Merchant of Venice as Portia

1970

Three Sisters as Masha
Twelfth Night as Viola

1963

Uncle Vanya as Sonya

1960

The Entertainer as Jean Rice Award

1957

Time Without Pity as Agnes Cole

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The Spiderwick Chronicles
Last Action Hero
Dinosaur
Curious George
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Surviving Picasso
Jane Eyre
I Love You to Death
The Entertainer

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