Name
Joan Plowright
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-10-28
Deathday
2025-01-16 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
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An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extrav...
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Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis....
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestruc...
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Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a ...
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Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is ...
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Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John fo...
- 1990 I Love You to Death as Nadja
- 1990 Avalon as Eva Krichinsky
- 1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Mrs. Linzer
- 2000 Dinosaur as Baylene (voice)
- 1999 Tea with Mussolini as Mary Wallace
- 2003 Bringing Down the House as Mrs. Virginia Arness
- 2004 George and the Dragon as Mother Superior
- 1996 101 Dalmatians as Nanny
- 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- 1993 Dennis the Menace as Martha Wilson
- 1994 Widows' Peak as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
- 1991 Enchanted April as Mrs Fisher
- 1993 Last Action Hero as Teacher
- 1982 Britannia Hospital as Phyllis Grimshaw
- 1985 Revolution as Mrs. McConnahay
- 1988 Drowning by Numbers as Cissie Colpitts
- 2009 Knife Edge as Marjorie Blake
- 2000 Back to the Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby
- 1977 Equus as Dora Strang
- 1957 Time Without Pity as Agnes Cole
- 2003 I Am David as Sophie
- 2002 Global Heresy as Lady Foxley
- 1996 Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax
- 2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont as Mrs. Palfrey
- 2002 Callas Forever as Sarah Keller
- 1998 Dance with Me as Bea Johnson
- 2001 Scrooge and Marley as Narrator
- 1960 The Entertainer as Jean Rice
- 1982 Brimstone & Treacle as Norma Bates
- 1995 Hotel Sorrento as Marge Morrisey
- 1980 The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Frank-Holländer
- 1992 Stalin as Olga
- 1994 A Place for Annie as Dorothy
- 1988 The Dressmaker as Nellie
- 1993 The Clothes in the Wardrobe as Mrs. Monro
- 2006 Goose on the Loose as Beatrice Fairfield
- 1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within as Jeanne Vertefeuille
- 1973 The Merchant of Venice as Portia
- 1970 Twelfth Night as Viola
- 1995 A Pin for the Butterfly as Grandma
- 1970 Three Sisters as Masha
- 1996 Mr. Wrong as Mrs. Crawford
- 2001 Bailey's Mistake as Aunt Angie
- 1995 The Scarlet Letter as Harriet Hibbons
- 1989 And a Nightingale Sang as Mam
- 1991 The House of Bernarda Alba as Poncia
- 1994 The Return of the Native as Frau Yeobright
- 1996 Surviving Picasso as Françoise's Grandmother
- 1978 Daphne Laureola as Lady Pitts
- 2000 Frankie & Hazel as Phoebe Harkness
- 1999 Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs Bartholomew
- 2006 Curious George as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
- 1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Rosa
- 2018 Nothing Like a Dame as Self
- 1994 On Promised Land as Mrs. Appletree
- 1987 The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles
- 1988 The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
- 1963 Uncle Vanya as Sonya
- 1982 A Dedicated Man as Edith
- 2018 Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Herself
- 1955 Moby Dick—Rehearsed as A Young Actress /Pip
- 1982 Laurence Olivier: A Life as Self
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Yeobright
- 1998 Encore! Encore! ( 13 episodes ) as Marie Pinoni
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Laurence Olivier Presents ( 1 episode ) as Rosa
- 1976 Laurence Olivier Presents ( 1 episode ) as Lady Pitts
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Dorothy
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1985 Theatre Night ( 1 episode ) as Meg
- 1985 Theatre Night ( 1 episode ) as Lady Bracknell
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Monro
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Adriana
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Phoebe
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Lisa
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Theatre Night ( 1 episode ) as Arlette Le Boeuf
