Joan Plowright
Acting
Born October 28, 1929 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died January 16, 2025
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
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self
Knife Edge
2009 · Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Goose on the Loose
2006 · Beatrice Fairfield
Curious George
2006 · Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
2004 · Mother Superior
Bringing Down the House
2003 · Mrs. Virginia Arness
I Am David
2003 · Sophie
Global Heresy
2002 · Lady Foxley
Callas Forever
2002 · Sarah Keller
Dinosaur
2000 · Baylene (voice)
Back to the Secret Garden
2000 · Martha Sowerby
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Mary Wallace
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 · Mrs Bartholomew
Dance with Me
1998 · Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Nanny
Jane Eyre
1996 · Mrs. Fairfax
Mr. Wrong
1996 · Mrs. Crawford
Surviving Picasso
1996 · Françoise's Grandmother
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995 · Mrs. Linzer
The Scarlet Letter
1995 · Harriet Hibbons
Widows' Peak
1994 · Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
A Place for Annie
1994 · Dorothy
The Return of the Native
1994 · Frau Yeobright
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
1993 · Teacher
Stalin
1992 · Olga
Enchanted April
1991 · Mrs Fisher
I Love You to Death
1990 · Nadja
Avalon
1990 · Eva Krichinsky
Drowning by Numbers
1988 · Cissie Colpitts
Revolution
1985 · Mrs. McConnahay
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Phyllis Grimshaw
Brimstone & Treacle
1982 · Norma Bates
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980 · Edith Frank-Holländer
Equus
1977 · Dora Strang
Three Sisters
1970 · Masha
The Entertainer
1960 · Jean Rice
Time Without Pity
1957 · Agnes Cole