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Joan Plowright

Born 28 October 1929 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Died 16 January 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life58mHerself
  2. 2018Nothing Like a Dame1h 20mSelf
  3. 2009Knife Edge1h 30mMarjorie Blake
  4. 2008The Spiderwick Chronicles1h 35mAunt Lucinda Spiderwick
  5. 2006Goose on the Loose1h 27mBeatrice Fairfield
  6. 2006Curious George1h 27mMs. Plushbottom (voice)
  7. 2005Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont1h 48mMrs. Palfrey
  8. 2004George and the Dragon1h 33mMother Superior
  9. 2003I Am David1h 30mSophie
  10. 2003Bringing Down the House1h 45mMrs. Virginia Arness
  11. 2002Callas Forever1h 51mSarah Keller
  12. 2002Global Heresy1h 46mLady Foxley
  13. 2001Scrooge and Marley48mNarrator
  14. 2001Bailey's Mistake1h 26mAunt Angie
  15. 2000Frankie & Hazel1h 32mPhoebe Harkness
  16. 2000Back to the Secret Garden1h 40mMartha Sowerby
  17. 2000Dinosaur1h 22mBaylene (voice)
  18. 1999Tea with Mussolini1h 57mMary Wallace
  19. 1999Tom's Midnight Garden1h 47mMrs Bartholomew
  20. 1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within1h 40mJeanne Vertefeuille
  21. 1998Dance with Me2h 6mBea Johnson
  22. 1998Encore! Encore!1 seasonMarie Pinoni
  23. 1996Jane Eyre1h 53mMrs. Fairfax
  24. 1996101 Dalmatians1h 43mNanny
  25. 1996Mr. Wrong1h 36mMrs. Crawford
  26. 1996Surviving Picasso2h 5mFrançoise's Grandmother
  27. 1995A Pin for the Butterfly1h 53mGrandma
  28. 1995Hotel Sorrento1h 52mMarge Morrisey
  29. 1995A Pyromaniac's Love Story1h 34mMrs. Linzer
  30. 1995The Scarlet Letter2h 15mHarriet Hibbons
  31. 1994Widows' Peak1h 41mMrs. Doyle-Counihan
  32. 1994A Place for Annie1h 39mDorothy
  33. 1994On Promised Land1h 40mMrs. Appletree
  34. 1994The Return of the Native1h 41mFrau Yeobright
  35. 1993The Clothes in the Wardrobe1h 19mMrs. Monro
  36. 1993Dennis the Menace1h 36mMartha Wilson
  37. 1993Last Action Hero2h 11mTeacher
  38. 1992Stalin2h 52mOlga
  39. 1991The House of Bernarda Alba1h 41mPoncia
  40. 1991Enchanted April1h 35mMrs Fisher
  41. 1990I Love You to Death1h 34mNadja
  42. 1990Avalon2h 6mEva Krichinsky
  43. 1989And a Nightingale Sang1h 36mMam
  44. 1988The Dressmaker1h 32mNellie
  45. 1988Drowning by Numbers1h 59mCissie Colpitts
  46. 1988The Importance of Being Earnest1h 50mLady Bracknell
  47. 1987The Birthday Party1h 50mMeg Bowles
  48. 1985Revolution2h 6mMrs. McConnahay
  49. 1982A Dedicated Man1hEdith
  50. 1982Brimstone & Treacle1h 27mNorma Bates
  51. 1982Britannia Hospital1h 56mPhyllis Grimshaw
  52. 1982Laurence Olivier: A Life2h 35mSelf
  53. 1980The Diary of Anne Frank1h 49mEdith Frank-Holländer
  54. 1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday1h 38mRosa
  55. 1978Daphne Laureola1h 30mLady Pitts
  56. 1977Equus2h 17mDora Strang
  57. 1973The Merchant of Venice2h 11mPortia
  58. 1970Three Sisters2h 45mMasha
  59. 1970Twelfth Night1h 43mViola
  60. 1963Uncle Vanya2hSonya
  61. 1960The Entertainer1h 44mJean Rice
  62. 1957Time Without Pity1h 28mAgnes Cole
  63. 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed1h 35mA Young Actress /Pip