Joan Plowright
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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Movies (62)
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018 · Herself
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self
Knife Edge
2009 · Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Curious George
2006 · Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose
2006 · Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
2004 · Mother Superior
I Am David
2003 · Sophie
Bringing Down the House
2003 · Mrs. Virginia Arness
Callas Forever
2002 · Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
2002 · Lady Foxley
Scrooge and Marley
2001 · Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
2001 · Aunt Angie
Frankie & Hazel
2000 · Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden
2000 · Martha Sowerby
Dinosaurio
2000 · Baylene (voice)
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 · Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Mary Wallace
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998 · Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me
1998 · Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Nanny
Surviving Picasso
1996 · Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
1996 · Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre
1996 · Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter
1995 · Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995 · Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
1995 · Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995 · Grandma
The Return of the Native
1994 · Frau Yeobright
A Place for Annie
1994 · Dorothy
On Promised Land
1994 · Mrs. Appletree
Widows' Peak
1994 · Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 · Mrs. Monro
Last Action Hero
1993 · Teacher
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Martha Wilson
Stalin
1992 · Olga
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991 · Poncia
Enchanted April
1991 · Mrs Fisher
Avalon
1990 · Eva Krichinsky
I Love You to Death
1990 · Nadja
And a Nightingale Sang
1989 · Mam
The Dressmaker
1988 · Nellie
Drowning by Numbers
1988 · Cissie Colpitts
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988 · Lady Bracknell
The Birthday Party
1987 · Meg Bowles
Revolution
1985 · Mrs. McConnahay
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982 · Self
Brimstone & Treacle
1982 · Norma Bates
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Phyllis Grimshaw
A Dedicated Man
1982 · Edith
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980 · Edith Frank-Holländer
Daphne Laureola
1978 · Lady Pitts
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 · Rosa
Equus
1977 · Dora Strang
The Merchant of Venice
1973 · Portia
Twelfth Night
1970 · Viola
Three Sisters
1970 · Masha
Uncle Vanya
1963 · Sonya
The Entertainer
1960 · Jean Rice
Time Without Pity
1957 · Agnes Cole
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955 · A Young Actress /Pip
TV shows (13)
Encore! Encore!
1998 · Marie Pinoni
Theatre Night
1985 · Meg, Lady Bracknell
Screen Two
1985 · Mrs. Monro
All for Love
1982 · Edith
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Rosa, Lady Pitts
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Omnibus
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Lisa
Theatre Night
1957 · Arlette Le Boeuf
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Mrs. Yeobright, Dorothy
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Adriana, Phoebe
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee