CJ
Celia Johnson
Actor
Born December 18, 1908Died April 26, 1982 (73 years)
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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress.
She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973.
Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke.
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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress.
She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973.
Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke.
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Celia Johnson Filmography
| 1983 | Number 10 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gladstone |
| 1981 | Nanny (1981) (TV Series) · as Nanny Broughton |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well · as Countess Of Rousillon |
| 1980 | Staying On · as Lucy Smalley |
| 1980 | The Hostage Tower · as Mrs. Wheeler |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Sister Simplice |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet · as Nurse |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Mrs. Palfrey |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · as Miss Mackay |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Ellen Edgeworth |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Miss Hobish |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Sheila |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Countess Isabel Von Reger |
| 1957 | The Good Companions · as Miss Trant |
| 1957 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Isobel Cherry |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Alida Slade |
| 1955 | A Kid for Two Farthings · as Joanna |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise · as Maud St. James |
| 1952 | The Holly and the Ivy · as Jenny Gregory |
| 1952 | I Believe in You · as Matty Matheson |
| 1951 | A Bolt of Lightning · as Mary Otis |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jeannie |
| 1950 | The Astonished Heart · as Barbara Faber |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Leslie Crosbie |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Mary Otis |
| 1945 | Brief Encounter · as Laura Jesson |
| 1944 | This Happy Breed · as Ethel Gibbons |
| 1943 | Dear Octopus · as Cynthia |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve · as Mrs. Kinross / Alix |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self |