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