Celia Johnson

Known For

Acting

Born

Dec 18, 1908

Died

Apr 26, 1982

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Credits

36 titles

Celia Johnson

Biography

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 at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

1983

Number 10

Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)

Tv
1981

Celebrity Playhouse

Mrs. Callifer

Tv
1981

The Potting Shed

Mrs Califer

Movie
1981

All's Well That Ends Well

Countess of Rousillon

Movie
1980

Staying On

Lucy Smalley

Movie
1980

The Hostage Tower

Mrs. Wheeler

Movie
1978

Les Misérables

Sister Simplice

Movie
1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Nurse

Tv
1978

Romeo and Juliet

Nurse

Movie
1977

The Emperor's New Hat

La Comtesse de Chemaille

Movie
1976

The Dame of Sark

Sybil Hathaway

Movie
1975

Lloyd George Knew My Father

Lady Sheila Boothroyd

Movie
1974

Love Affair

Mrs Hobbish

Movie
1973

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey

Movie
1973

Centre Play

La Comtesse de Chemaille

Tv
1971

The Cherry Orchard

Madame Ranevskaya

Movie
1970

Play for Today

Mrs. Palfrey

Tv
1970

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Movie
1969

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Miss Mackay

Movie
1967

Omnibus

Ellen Edgeworth

Tv
1967

ITV Playhouse

Miss Hobish

Tv
1965

BBC Play of the Month

Mrs. Alving

Tv
1964

The Wednesday Play

Countess Isabel von Reger

Tv
1957

The Good Companions

Miss Trant

Movie
1955

A Kid for Two Farthings

Joanna

Movie
1953

The Captain's Paradise

Maud St. James

Movie
1952

The Holly and the Ivy

Jenny Gregory

Movie
1952

I Believe in You

Matty Matheson

Movie
1951

A Bolt of Lightning

Mary Otis

Movie
1950

The Astonished Heart

Barbara Faber

Movie
1945

Brief Encounter

Laura Jesson

Movie
1944

This Happy Breed

Ethel Gibbons

Movie
1943

Dear Octopus

Cynthia

Movie
1942

In Which We Serve

Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Movie
1942

We Serve

Movie
1941

Letter from Home

Mrs Taylor

Movie