Celia Johnson
Known for Acting · 36 credits
- Born
- 1908-12-18
- Died
- 1982-04-26
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Celia Elizabeth Johnson · Elizabeth Johnson · Селия Джонсон
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (9)
Omnibus
1967
as Ellen Edgeworth
Play for Today
1970
as Mrs. Palfrey
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Countess Isabel von Reger
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mrs. Alving / Judith Bliss / Sheila / Eloise / Madame Ranyevskaya
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Miss Hobish
Centre Play
1973
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Nurse
Number 10
1983
as Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)
Celebrity Playhouse
1981
as Mrs. Callifer
Movies (27)
Brief Encounter
1945
as Laura Jesson
Love Affair
1974
as Mrs Hobbish
Les Misérables
1978
as Sister Simplice
In Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
This Happy Breed
1944
as Ethel Gibbons
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Miss Mackay
The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Maud St. James
The Dame of Sark
1976
as Sybil Hathaway
The Holly and the Ivy
1952
as Jenny Gregory
The Hostage Tower
1980
as Mrs. Wheeler
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Nurse
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Countess of Rousillon
The Potting Shed
1981
as Mrs Califer
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Joanna
The Good Companions
1957
as Miss Trant
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Barbara Faber
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Madame Ranevskaya
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
as Mary Otis
I Believe in You
1952
as Matty Matheson
Letter from Home
1941
as Mrs Taylor
We Serve
1942
Dear Octopus
1943
as Cynthia
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
The Emperor's New Hat
1977
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
Staying On
1980
as Lucy Smalley
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973
as Mrs. Palfrey
About Celia Johnson
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… With 36 credits spanning from 1941 to 1983, Celia Johnson has appeared in 27 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Brief Encounter (1945) — as Laura Jesson
- Love Affair (1974) — as Mrs Hobbish
- Les Misérables (1978) — as Sister Simplice
- In Which We Serve (1942) — as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
- This Happy Breed (1944) — as Ethel Gibbons
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