Joan Plowright
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-10-28
Day of Death
2025-01-16 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
Acting
(2018)
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
(2018)
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
(2009)
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
(2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
(2006)
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
(2006)
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
(2005)
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
(2004)
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
(2003)
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
(2003)
I Am David
as Sophie
(2002)
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
(2002)
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
(2001)
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
(2001)
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
(2000)
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
(2000)
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
(2000)
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
(1999)
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
(1999)
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
(1998)
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
(1998)
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
(1996)
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
(1996)
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
(1996)
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
(1996)
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
(1995)
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
(1995)
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
(1995)
Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
(1995)
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
(1994)
Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
(1994)
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
(1994)
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
(1994)
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
(1993)
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
(1993)
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
(1993)
The Summer House
as Mrs. Monro
(1992)
Stalin
as Olga
(1991)
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
(1991)
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
(1990)
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
(1990)
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
(1989)
And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
(1988)
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts 1
(1988)
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
(1988)
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
(1987)
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
(1985)
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
(1982)
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
(1982)
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
(1982)
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
(1980)
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
(1978)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
(1978)
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
(1977)
Equus
as Dora Strang
(1973)
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
(1970)
Twelfth Night
as Viola
(1970)
Three Sisters
as Masha
(1963)
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
(1960)
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
(1957)
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole