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