Joan Plowright
Acting
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.
Filmography 75
Movies (62)
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life2018Herself
Nothing Like a Dame2018Self
Knife Edge2009Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles2008Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Curious George2006Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose2006Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont2005Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon2004Mother Superior
I Am David2003Sophie
Bringing Down the House2003Mrs. Virginia Arness
Callas Forever2002Sarah Keller
Global Heresy2002Lady Foxley
Scrooge and Marley2001Narrator
Bailey's Mistake2001Aunt Angie
Frankie & Hazel2000Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden2000Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur2000Baylene (voice)
Tom's Midnight Garden1999Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini1999Mary Wallace
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within1998Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me1998Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians1996Nanny
Surviving Picasso1996Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong1996Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre1996Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter1995Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story1995Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento1995Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly1995Grandma
The Return of the Native1994Frau Yeobright
Shows (13)
- Encore! Encore!1998Marie Pinoni
Theatre Night1985Meg
Screen Two1985Mrs. Monro- All for Love1982Edith
Laurence Olivier Presents1976Rosa
Great Performances1971Self
Omnibus1967
ITV Playhouse1967Lisa
Theatre Night1957Arlette Le Boeuf
The Oscars1953Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Mrs. Yeobright
Sunday Night Theatre1950Adriana
Golden Globe Awards1944Self - Nominee