Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 28, 1929
Died
Jan 16, 2025
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Credits
75 titles
Joan Plowright
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
Filmography
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Herself
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose
Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
I Am David
Sophie
Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
Scrooge and Marley
Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
Aunt Angie
Frankie & Hazel
Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Encore! Encore!
Marie Pinoni
Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians
Nanny
Surviving Picasso
Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandma
The Return of the Native
Frau Yeobright
A Place for Annie
Dorothy
On Promised Land
Mrs. Appletree
Widows' Peak
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Mrs. Monro
Last Action Hero
Teacher
Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson
Stalin
Olga
The House of Bernarda Alba
Poncia
Enchanted April
Mrs Fisher
Avalon
Eva Krichinsky
I Love You to Death
Nadja
And a Nightingale Sang
Mam
The Dressmaker
Nellie
Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
Revolution
Mrs. McConnahay
Theatre Night
Meg
Screen Two
Mrs. Monro