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Joan Plowright

Actor
Born October 28, 1929Died January 16, 2025 (95 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Revolution
  • George and the Dragon
  • Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
  • The Entertainer
  • Widows' Peak
  • The Return of the Native
  • A Place for Annie
  • Frankie & Hazel

Known For

  • 101 Dalmatians
  • Dennis the Menace
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Drowning by Numbers
  • Bringing Down the House
  • Dinosaur
  • I Love You to Death
  • Tea with Mussolini
  • Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
  • Equus
  • Curious George
  • Jane Eyre
  • Enchanted April
  • I Am David
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Revolution
  • Avalon
  • Dance with Me
  • Surviving Picasso
  • The Entertainer
  • Mr. Wrong
  • Back to the Secret Garden
  • Widows' Peak
  • Stalin

Filmography

2013
Fifty Years on Stage · as Saint Joan
2009
Knife Edge · as Marjorie Blake
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles · as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006
Curious George · as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006
Goose on the Loose · as Beatrice Fairfield
2005
2004
George and the Dragon · as Mother Superior
2003
I Am David · as Sophie
2003
Bringing Down the House · as Mrs. Virginia Arness
2002
Callas Forever · as Sarah Keller
2002
Rock My World · as Lady Foxley
2001
Scrooge and Marley · as Narrator
2001
2001
Bailey's Mistake · as Aunt Angie
2000
Frankie & Hazel · as Phoebe Harkness
2000
Back to the Secret Garden · as Martha Sowerby
2000
Dinosaur · as Baylene (voice)
2000
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden · as Mrs Bartholomew
1999
Tea with Mussolini · as Mary Wallace
1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within · as Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998
Encore! Encore! (TV Series)
1998
Dance with Me · as Bea Johnson
1997
The Assistant · as Mrs. Ida Bober
1996
101 Dalmatians · as Nanny
1996
Surviving Picasso · as Françoise's Grandmother
1996
Mr. Wrong · as Mrs. Crawford
1996
Jane Eyre · as Mrs. Fairfax
1995
The Scarlet Letter · as Harriet Hibbons
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story · as Mrs. Linzer
1995
Hotel Sorrento · as Marge Morrisey
1994
1994
1994
1994
On Promised Land · as Mrs. Appletree
1994
Widows' Peak · as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
1993
The Summer House · as Mrs. Monro
1993
Dennis the Menace · as Martha Wilson
1993
Last Action Hero · as Teacher
1992
Stalin · as Olga
1992
Driving Miss Daisy · as Daisy Werthan
1991
1991
Enchanted April · as Mrs Fisher
1990
Avalon · as Eva Krichinsky
1990
1989
1988
The Dressmaker · as Nellie
1988
Drowning by Numbers · as Cissie Colpitts 1
1988
The Importance of Being Earnest · as Lady Bracknell
1985
Revolution · as Mrs. Mcconnahay
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Meg
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mrs. Monro
1983
Wagner (TV Series) · as Mrs. Taylor
1982
Brimstone & Treacle · as Norma Bates
1982
Britannia Hospital · as Phyllis Grimshaw
1982
A Dedicated Man · as Edith
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank · as Edith Frank-Holländer
1978
Daphne Laureola · as Lady Pitts
1978
1977
Equus · as Dora Strang
1973
1970
Three Sisters · as Masha
1970
Twelfth Night · as Viola
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Viola - Sebastian
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Lisa
1964
NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sonya
1963
Uncle Vanya · as Sonya
1960
The Entertainer · as Jean Rice
1957
Time Without Pity · as Agnes Cole
1957
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Arlette Le Boeuf
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Winnie Verloc
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jane Maxwell
1955
This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Filmed Tribute
1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed · as A Young Actress /pip
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dorothy
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Phoebe

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