Joan Plowright
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1929-10-28
- Died
- 2025-01-16
- Place of birth
- Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Joan Ann Plowright · Baroness Olivier · Joan Ann Olivier · Dame 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
TV Shows (13)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Monro
Omnibus
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Lisa
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Adriana / Phoebe
Theatre Night
1957
as Arlette Le Boeuf
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Yeobright / Dorothy
Theatre Night
1985
as Meg / Lady Bracknell
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Rosa / Lady Pitts
All for Love
1982
as Edith
Encore! Encore!
1998
as Marie Pinoni
Movies (62)
101 Dalmatians
1996
as Nanny
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Martha Wilson
Dinosaur
2000
as Baylene (voice)
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Mrs. Monro
Last Action Hero
1993
as Teacher
Curious George
2006
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Jane Eyre
1996
as Mrs. Fairfax
Widows' Peak
1994
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Harriet Hibbons
Twelfth Night
1970
as Viola
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Uncle Vanya
1963
as Sonya
I Love You to Death
1990
as Nadja
Frankie & Hazel
2000
as Phoebe Harkness
George and the Dragon
2004
as Mother Superior
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
1973
as Portia
Stalin
1992
as Olga
Dance with Me
1998
as Bea Johnson
Avalon
1990
as Eva Krichinsky
Time Without Pity
1957
as Agnes Cole
Daphne Laureola
1978
as Lady Pitts
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Mary Wallace
Equus
1977
as Dora Strang
Enchanted April
1991
as Mrs Fisher
I Am David
2003
as Sophie
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Mrs. Linzer
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Françoise's Grandmother
Revolution
1985
as Mrs. McConnahay
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Mrs Bartholomew
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Phyllis Grimshaw
Global Heresy
2002
as Lady Foxley
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
as Norma Bates
Callas Forever
2002
as Sarah Keller
Bailey's Mistake
2001
as Aunt Angie
Drowning by Numbers
1988
as Cissie Colpitts
The Dressmaker
1988
as Nellie
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
as Edith Frank-Holländer
Mr. Wrong
1996
as Mrs. Crawford
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Rosa
And a Nightingale Sang
1989
as Mam
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Young Actress /Pip
A Place for Annie
1994
as Dorothy
The Return of the Native
1994
as Frau Yeobright
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Grandma
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
as Mrs. Palfrey
Scrooge and Marley
2001
as Narrator
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
as Martha Sowerby
Goose on the Loose
2006
as Beatrice Fairfield
Three Sisters
1970
as Masha
The Entertainer
1960
as Jean Rice
A Dedicated Man
1982
as Edith
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
Hotel Sorrento
1995
as Marge Morrisey
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
as Lady Bracknell
On Promised Land
1994
as Mrs. Appletree
The Birthday Party
1987
as Meg Bowles
Knife Edge
2009
as Marjorie Blake
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Poncia
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
as Herself
About Joan Plowright
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. With 75 credits spanning from 1944 to 2018, Joan Plowright has appeared in 62 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joan Plowright Movies
- 101 Dalmatians (1996) — as Nanny
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) — as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- Dennis the Menace (1993) — as Martha Wilson
- Dinosaur (2000) — as Baylene (voice)
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) — as Mrs. Monro
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