10.0
10.0
Scrooge and Marley
2001
as Narrator
Joan Plowright
Also known as: Joan Anne Plowright, Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Lady Olivier...
Acting
Born:October 28, 1929
Died:January 16, 2025(aged 95)
Birthplace:Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, St Lawrence Academy
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CommunityBiography
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 (62 movies)
10.0
10.0
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
7.0
7.0
Equus
1977
as Dora Strang
7.0
7.0
Drowning by Numbers
1988
as Cissie Colpitts 1
7.0
7.0
The Merchant of Venice
1973
as Portia
6.9
6.9
Hotel Sorrento
1995
as Marge Morrisey
6.9
6.9
Jane Eyre
1996
as Mrs. Fairfax
6.9
6.9
Dance with Me
1998
as Bea Johnson
6.8
6.8
I Am David
2003
as Sophie
6.8
6.8
Enchanted April
1991
as Mrs Fisher
6.8
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
6.7
6.7
The Birthday Party
1987
as Meg Bowles
6.7
6.7
Avalon
1990
as Eva Krichinsky
6.7
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
6.5
6.5
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
as Mrs. Palfrey
6.5
6.5
Dinosaur
2000
as Baylene (voice)
6.5
6.5
Curious George
2006
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
6.5
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
as Teacher
6.4
6.4
Time Without Pity
1957
as Agnes Cole
6.4
6.4
Twelfth Night
1970
as Viola
6.4
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Mary Wallace
6.4
6.4
I Love You to Death
1990
as Nadja
6.3
6.3
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
as Martha Sowerby
6.3
6.3
Widows' Peak
1994
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
6.3
6.3
Callas Forever
2002
as Sarah Keller
6.2
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
as Jean Rice
6.2
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Phyllis Grimshaw
6.1
6.1
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Harriet Hibbons
6.1
6.1
The Return of the Native
1994
as Frau Yeobright
6.0
6.0
On Promised Land
1994
as Mrs. Appletree
6.0
6.0
A Place for Annie
1994
as Dorothy
6.0
6.0
Daphne Laureola
1978
as Lady Pitts
6.0
6.0
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
5.9
5.9
101 Dalmatians
1996
as Nanny
5.9
5.9
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Mrs Bartholomew
5.9
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Martha Wilson
5.8
5.8
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
as Norma Bates
5.7
5.7
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Françoise's Grandmother
5.7
5.7
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
5.6
5.6
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Mrs. Monro
5.5
5.5
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
as Edith Frank-Holländer
5.4
5.4
George and the Dragon
2004
as Mother Superior
5.3
5.3
Revolution
1985
as Mrs. McConnahay
5.1
5.1
Stalin
1992
as Olga
5.1
5.1
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Mrs. Linzer
5.0
5.0
Bailey's Mistake
2001
as Aunt Angie
4.9
4.9
Goose on the Loose
2006
as Beatrice Fairfield
4.9
4.9
Global Heresy
2002
as Lady Foxley
4.8
4.8
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Grandma
4.7
4.7
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
as Lady Bracknell
4.5
4.5
Frankie & Hazel
2000
as Phoebe Harkness
4.5
4.5
Knife Edge
2009
as Marjorie Blake
4.3
4.3
And a Nightingale Sang
1989
as Mam
4.0
4.0
Uncle Vanya
1963
as Sonya
3.9
3.9
Mr. Wrong
1996
as Mrs. Crawford
3.8
3.8
Three Sisters
1970
as Masha
3.3
3.3
The Dressmaker
1988
as Nellie
A Dedicated Man
1982
as Edith
Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955
as A Young Actress /Pip
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
as Herself
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Poncia
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Rosa
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