Joan Plowright

Known for: Acting
Born: October 28, 1929, Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: January 16, 2025
Movies: 62

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.9

101 Dalmatians

1996

6.5

Last Action Hero

1993

6.7

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

6.6

Dinosaur

2000

5.9

Dennis the Menace

1993

6.0

Bringing Down the House

2003

6.5

Curious George

2006

6.1

The Scarlet Letter

1995

6.4

I Love You to Death

1990

6.9

Jane Eyre

1996

Filmography

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

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